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LESSON STORIES 

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Lesson Stories 

for the Kindergarten Grades 

of the Bible School 



General Subject: 

GOD THE WORKMAN 

The Creator and His Works 



ALL NATURE REVEALING GOD 8 POWER, WISDOM, LOVE, RULE, 
BASIS FOR REVERENCE, TRUST, LOVE, THANK- 
FULNESS, UNITY, OBEDIENCE 



By 
LOIS SEDGWICK PALMER 

Kindergartner 

Outline by 
PROF. GEORGE WILLIAM PEASE 



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1908 

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The Sunday School 

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First Presbyterian Church 

Buffalo 

and to the memory of 

Professor George William Pease 



"And a little child shall lead them" 



PREFACE 

This book is the outgrowth of an experience 
gained through many years work with little chil- 
dren in the kindergarten of the day school and Sun- 
day-school. In the beginning of the Sunday-school 
work, the pastor gave me permission to feed the 
little ones not with the meat of God's word, but 
with the milk found in His Word and Works. 
Always with a little child to lead us, we have been 
seeking the simple truth found in His Word and 
Works. 

It is our belief that the basic principles of rever- 
ence, trust, love, thankfulness, unity and obedience, 
are the ones to be first presented to the young 
child's mind; that these principles are best sug- 
gested by means of God's Works— -Nature, and by 
simple stories from the Bible and Nature; that 
songs and short memory verses help to fix the truth 
in the child's mind, and that the printed memory 
verse preserved in an album with a picture illus- 
trative of the lesson will tend to hold the truth 
before the child as he pores over his own album. 

If the lesson can be so given as to touch the feel- 
ings and arouse the desire for the truth, the child 
will soon be acting upon these fundamental prin- 
ciples. May the principles of "reverence, trust, 
love, thankfulness, unity and obedience, based upon 
all nature revealing God's power, wisdom, love and 
rule," be so rooted and grounded into the very 

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Preface 



being of the child that they may be with him 
through the storms and stress of life, to its culmina- 
tion in a greater and better life with "God the 
Creator and Provider for us all." 

To Professor George William Pease, author of 
the Outline, I owe much. To Dr. Susan F. Chase, 
my friend and critic, and to the friends who have 
watched the development of the lessons and believed 
in their power for good in the lives of the little 
ones, to all these I express my gratitude. 

I am also greatly indebted to the University of 
Chicago Press for the use of the Outline published 
by them in the ' ' Outline of a Bible School Curricu- 
lum, ' ' by Professor George William Pease. To Oli- 
ver Ditson & Company for use of the words of the 
songs published by them in the following books,— 
"Song Echoes," by Harriet Jenks and Mabel Rust; 
"Songs and Games for the Little Ones," by Harriet 
Jenks and Gertrude Walker; "Kindergarten 
Chimes " by Kate Douglas Wiggin. To Clayton P. 
Summy & Company, publishers of "Song Stories 
for the Kindergarten" by Patty and Mildred Hill; 
for "Primary and Junior Songs for the Kinder gar- 
ten" by Mari R. Hofer. To D. Appleton & Com- 
pany for words from "FroebeVs Mother Play" by 
Susan Blow. To Milton Bradley & Company, pub- 
lishers of the "Kindergarten Review" and "Nature 
Songs for the Children " by Fanny Snow Knowl- 
ton. To Miss Emilie Poulsson for permission to 
use the prayer, A Morning Thanksgiving from 
"Holiday Songs" published by Milton Bradley & 
Company. 

Lois Sedgwick Palmer. 



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SUGGESTIONS 

A word of explanation of the lesson plan may 
help the parent, teacher or kindergartner in the 
preparation of the lessons. 

From one to eight lessons are placed under each 
topic bearing upon one general principle, as under 
the topic "God the Creator, " there are four les- 
sons and the review. Each lesson has its own sub- 
ject for the teacher to keep in mind. 

The Memory Verse is for the child. It should 
be printed or typewritten that each child may have 
a copy on his card or in his album. This memory 
verse is developed in the lessons and may be read 
with the child in the home. 

Sometimes a bit of Literature is added to the 
lesson. If the lesson seems simple and the story 
short, this verse or story may be read to the child. 
When from the Bible it will add to the child's love 
and reverence for the Book. 

The Song has been carefully selected for each 
lesson, the words embodying the story or truth of 
the lesson, set to appropriate music. For the music 
of the songs, refer to the song book itself. A list 
of the books referred to will be found in the ap- 
pendix. Most kindergartners own these books, but 
a music note book could be compiled for oneself. 
Comparatively few songs have been selected, as 
these lessons are for very young children not yet 

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2 Suggestions 

able to read, and educators are pleading for more 
simple work for the little ones and for more play. 
The Home "Work includes observations by the 
children on the lesson subject and the bringing 
of illustrative material to the class. When the 
parents become interested, they can do much to add 
to the interest of the lesson and to the enjoyment of 
the children. Many beautiful shells and stones 
have been brought by the children, and one little 
boy brought a small hop-toad found in his own 
garden. The little creature was tenderly cared for 
and returned to the garden. This was the Sabbath 
following the lesson with the memory verse, "And 
God created great whales and every living creature 
that moveth. ' ' Work with the microscope or mag- 
nifying glass may be done at home, giving pleasure 
to parents and children. Under Home Work the 
Sunday-school provides the picture and memory 
verse for the child to paste in his album or onto 
his card. It is of greater value when this work can 
be done under the parent 's guidance. At this time 
the parent may learn from the child the lesson story 
and recite with him the verses and songs. A list 
of the pictures needed for this series of lessons will 
be found in the appendix. The picture is more 
artistic if the whole of the margin is cut off before 
mounting upon the card, or heavy paper or upon 
cloth. They may be fastened together each week 
with a cord or with Magill fasteners. The object 
of the picture and memory verse is to recall to the 
child 's mind the lesson and its story, therefore means 
should be taken for the permanent preservation of 



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the cards in book form. In some Bible Schools it 
seems wise not to give a picture when the child is 
absent. On his return paste the memory verse upon 
the card or in the album, leaving the space vacant 
where the picture should be. This keeps a record 
of the Sundays present and absent by which the 
child must sooner or later learn the principle of 
cause and effect. A flower or some other remem- 
brance may be kept ready to send to a sick child 
when absent. 

The Illustrative Material is easily gathered. It 
would be well to go over the lessons as a whole, 
note what will be needed for the year's work and 
gather the nature material as the seasons bring it. 
Most of it can be easily preserved. In the fall a 
few bulbs planted by the children and placed in a 
cool, dark room will be a joy at Easter-time, or at 
any time the Easter lesson may be needed. Daffo- 
dils give good results. 

The Study Material is for the teacher's own 
pleasure and growth. "It takes more than reli- 
gious teaching to create a religious atmosphere. 
Religious teaching may create an irreligious atmos- 
phere," and Froebel revealed the truth, that 
"feeling is the basis of thought." 

The Story Material simply indicates where the 
material may be found upon which the story of the 
lesson is based. After a careful study of both 
study and story material, the teacher will often 
enjoy writing out and telling her own story. 

The Lesson Treatment comprises the Connecting 
Links, or short review of the previous lesson, the 



4 Suggestions 

Preparation which is to open the child's mind to 
the new thought to be presented, and the Presenta- 
tion of the new truth by means of illustrative 
material, story, prayer and song. 

After leading up to the feeling or thought of 
gratitude, the attitude of prayer may be won by 
asking the children to say " Thank you" with 
folded hands, with feet placed in front of chair, 
with head bowed, and closed eyes. Then repeat 
the words of the prayer, one line at a time. When 
the children have memorized it, reverently repeat 
it together. 

These lessons are elastic. That is they may reach 
up to Thanksgiving, to Christmas and to the Easter 
thought, by looking ahead, and if necessary by 
inserting an extra review lesson or by leaving one 
out. For this reason the Thanksgiving, Christmas 
and Easter lessons are placed at the end of the 
book. No review lessons are planned for the Christ- 
mas and Easter lessons, as the essential spirit of 
the celebrations would be lost in such a review. 

The Opening Exercises may be varied. Some- 
times the form used " God's House,' ' see page 7, 
"Primary and Junior Songs for the Sunday - 
School/ 9 by Mari E. Hofer. The children may stand 
and repeat, then sing the words : 

"I was glad when they said unto me 
Let us go into the house of the Lord." 
Before repeating and singing, question if the chil- 
dren were not glad that Sunday had come again, 
with the time to go to church, or "Into the house 
of the Lord" as it used to be called. Sometimes a 



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clock song and play may be introduced to arouse 
the desire to "Come on time." 

Before taking the collection make sure that the 
children know for what purpose they bring their 
money, whether it be to help the sick children of 
their own town, or to send a teacher to tell the 
Christmas story to children across the great ocean, 
who never yet have heard the story of the little 
Lord Jesus, and have had no Christmas day. 

Hasten on to the lesson before the class has 
become restless and weary. Then have the songs 
and plays to rest tired bodies. The aim should be 
to keep the room as peaceful as possible, not allow- 
ing visiting and unnecessary interruptions by 
friends and officers. 

In the appendix will be found a list of books 
referred to in the study and story material, and a 
short list of books as helps in child-study and story- 
telling. 

It is a fascinating study and work. May it be 
found so to the joy and growth of parent, teacher, 
and child. 



LESSONS FOR GRADE A. 

Grade Subject: God tlie Creator Providing All 

Things for All His Creatures. 

There is after all no house like 
God's out-of-doors. 

— "Robert Louis Stevenson, 

From every point, from every object of nature 
and life, there is a way to God. . . . The things 
of nature form a more beautiful ladder between 
heaven and earth than that seen by Jacob, not 
a one-sided ladder leading in one direction, but 
an all-sided one leading in all directions. . . . 
The inspired singer, David, praises and glorifies 
it. 

— FroebeVs "Education of Man." 

The heavens declare the glory of God. 
And the firmament sheweth his handiwork. 

Psalms 19 : 1. 

Behold the birds of heaven. 
Consider the lilies of the field. 

Matt. 6: 26 a. 28 b. R. V. 



OUTLINE OF THE COURSE FOR GRADE A. 

{For children from four to five years of age.) 

Abbreviated and adapted by Lois S. Palmer. 

Grade Subject: God the Creator Providing All 
Things for All His Creatures. 

Topic 1.— Creating. 

The Creation Story. 

The great round ball on which we live. 
The coming of plants, trees and flowers. 
The coming of fishes, birds and animals. 
The coming of man. 

Topic 2.— Providing food for all. 

For the animals of the field and forest. 
For the birds of the air. 
Food for us. 

Topic 3. —Providing drink for all. 

The story of the rain-clouds. 

The story of the spring and mountain stream. 

Topic 4.— Providing clothing for all. 
Feather clothing — for the birds. 
Fur clothing — for the rabbit. 
Children's winter clothing — wool. 

Topic 5.— Providing shelter for all. 
Homes in the earth — fox. 
Homes in the trees — birds. 
Homes for us. 



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Topic 6.— Providing rest for all. 
The winter rest of the earth. 
The winter rest of animals. 
The nightly rest of birds. 
The nightly rest of the workman. 
The nightly rest of children. 
The beginning of the Sabbath rest. 
Jesus teaching about the Sabbath rest. 

Topic 7.— Providing Pleasure for all. 

Pleasure through light. 
Pleasure through color. 
Pleasure through music. 
Pleasure through activity — service. 

Special Lessons 
Topic. — Thanksgiving. 
Topic. —Christmas. 

Preparation for the Christmas lesson. 

The first Christmas night. 

The first Christmas night and the Christ Child 

legend. 

Topic— Easter. 

Preparation for Easter — Nature's awakening. 

The first Easter morning. 

God the loving Giver of a Heavenly Home. 



LESSON I 

THE CREATION STORY 
The Great Bound Ball On Which We Live 

Memory Verse. 

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 
Gen. 1: 1. 

Song. 

God's Work, verse 1, from "Song Stories for the 
Kindergarten, ' ' page 71. 

All things bright and beautiful, 

All things great and small, 
All things wise and wonderful, 

Our Father made them all. 

— Mrs. C. F. Alexander, 

Prayer. 

"A Morning Thanksgiving. ' ' 

For this new morning with its light, 

For rest and shelter of the night, 

We thank the Heavenly Father. 

For health and food, for love and friends, 

For everything His goodness sends, 

We thank the Heavenly Father. Amen. 

— M. /. Garland. 

"Holiday Songs,' ' page 73. By special permission. 

Home Work. 

Pasting in the album the memory verse and the picture, 

Home of the Sea Bird, Mumford 359. 

Ask the children to bring to class next Sunday, some- 

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thing that was created in the beginning; as, a stone, a 
piece of clay, or different kinds of sand. 
(If the parents become interested many beautiful 
specimens may be brought.) 

Illustrative Material. 

Stones, sand, clay, earth, water. 

Study Material. 

"Dod's Genesis." 

"Hours With the Bible, " Geikie, Vol. I, page 60. 

"First Book of Geology," Shaler, page 203. 

Story Material. 

Gen. 1: 1-10. 

LESSON TEE AT MEN T 

Preparation:— Introduce the subject with a 
sense play. 

Touch a pebble, some sand, a few drops of 
water. (Have these objects hidden under a hand- 
kerchief. Call one child at a time to touch.) 

Question the children about their out-of-door 
experiences. Have they played in the sand, water ? 
Have they dug in the earth or made a garden? 
Who made the great earth we walk upon? The 
hills, the sand, the water? 

Would you like a story that for many years has 
been told of the sand and clay, the clouds and 
water ? 

Story:— hong ago in the beginning, God cre- 
ated the Heaven and the earth. There was only 
clouds and darkness, but God said, "Let there be 
light; and there was light." 



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Slowly the clouds parted, and the clouds were 
lifted up into the sky. Then there was water 
below, and sky and clouds above. But sky and 
water were not enough. There must be something 
besides sky and water in this out-of-door home that 
God was creating for little children. (Hold up a 
stone.) There must be solid rock and clay, and 
the earth or soil to stand and walk upon. So God 
said, "Let the dry land appear .... and it was so." 

Slowly, so slowly, the waters were rolled together, 
and there came up from the water dry land, 
earth, clay, rocks, stones, pebbles and sand. Then 
there was a place for God's little children to walk 
and to play. 

"And God saw that it was good." 

Shall we thank God for this new morning with its 
light and for every thing His Goodness sends? 

Prayer: 

(First let the children say "thank you" with folded 
hands, feet placed in front of chairs, heads bowed and 
eyes closed. Then children repeat together, after the 
kindergartner, one line at a time. When the prayer is 
learned it may be repeated with the teacher.) 

For this new morning with its light, 

For rest and shelter of the night, 

We thank the Heavenly Father. 

For health and food, 

For love and friends, 

For everything His goodness sends, 

We thank the Heavenly Father. 

In Jesus' Name. Amen. 

Song:— For quiet music, the piano may first 



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play the song for the children, several times. Then 
repeat the words together, and sing together. Or 
the teacher may first sing it for the class. 

All things bright and beautiful, 

All things great and small, 
All things wise and wonderful, 

Our Father made them all. 

— Mrs. C. F. Alexander. 



LESSON II 

THE CREATION STORY 
The Coming of Plants, Trees and Flowers 

Memory Verse. 

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass — and 
fruit trees yielding fruit. (Gen. 1: 11.) 

Song. 

" God's Work," verse 2. 

Each little flower that opens, 

Each little bird that sings, 
He made their glowing colors, 

He made their tiny wings. 

Home Work. 

Pasting into the album the picture Trees, Mumford's 
No. 273. Peaches No. 287 may also be used. Ask the 
children to bring next Sunday something that grows: 
grasses, flowers, leaves, fruit. 

Illustrative Material. 

1. Plant life without stems; a bit of moss, lichen or 
seaweed. 

2. Plant life with stems, grass or a weed showing roots. 

3. Plant life with flower and seed developing, as 
nasturtium. 

4. Plant life in shape of fruit and seed. 

Study Material. 

" First Book of Geology/ 9 Shaler, Chapter 9, Lesson 1. 
" Hours with the Bible,' ' Geikie, Vol. I, pp. 64-66. 
"The Expositor's Bible," Chap. I, Dods. 
Gen. 1: 11-19. 

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LESSON TEE AT MEN T 

Connecting Links:— As the children enter the 
class, look at the stones, the different kinds of sand 
or whatever they may have brought to illustrate 
the story of last lesson. Arrange the material on 
a table for all to see and learn where these treas- 
ures were found. 

Preparation:— Allow one child at a time to tell 
of the things seen out of doors besides the stones, 
earth, sand or water. Could they think of this 
"out-of-door home" with no flowers, no trees, no 
grass? That was the way it was "in the begin- 
ning" when God created the Heaven and the earth 
and said, "Let the waters under the Heaven be 
gathered together into one place, and let the dry 
land appear." There was sky, there was water, 
there were the rocks and stones, the sand and the 
clay, but no colored flowers, no green grass and 
trees. 

Shall we see how God gave us light and color, 
and all things bright and beautiful? 

Story:— Nature story using nature material. 

Open box with mysterious air. Use magnify- 
ing glass if convenient. 

1. Show lichens. Question as to where they 
grow and what they cover. (With a glass they are 
made more wonderful. This work should be given 
in a manner to inspire wonder and reverence, so 
much needed in our American children.) 

2. Moss on a stick. Question as to its growth 
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3. Tuft of grass, note the roots and ask what 
grass was made to cover. 

4. A flower showing the seed. Call attention to 
this bit of bright color among the grass. Is the 
world more beautiful now with moss and grass to 
cover the earth and flowers to brighten it than be- 
fore they were made? 

5. Fruits with seed, food for the children. Note 
the color of the fruit. It is both good to eat and 
beautiful to see. 

Bible Story. (Tell this story with the Bible 
in hand of the teacher. Nature and the Bible side 
by side.) 

Shall we have the story told in the Bible, how 
in the beginning God created the Heaven and 
earth? (Review and tell exactly as in the last 
lesson, then add the creation of vegetable life.) 

Now to make the earth a beautiful out-of-door 
home for His children, God said, "Let the earth 
bring forth grass, and trees yielding fruit." Not 
only grass, but lichens, mosses, ferns, flowers, 
everything to make it a comfortable place for His 
little children. "And God saw that it was good." 
Then God saw that there must be more light. So 
God said, "Let there be lights ... in the Heaven 
to divide the day from the night. ' ' And God made 
two great lights, the greater to rule by day (the 
sun), the lesser to rule by night (the moon). He 
made the stars also. And God saw that it was good, 
for it made the earth a bright, beautiful place and 
God knew that some day His little children would 



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live here and grow strong and helpful in this 
beautiful out-of-door home. 

Shall we say " thank you" to God for his good- 
ness to us? 

Prayer:— (See Lesson I.) 

Song:—' 1 God's Work" verses one and two. 

Sense Play or Game:— This may be used with 
the natural objects. Blindfold one child and let 
him tell by the sense of touch, smell or taste the 
object placed before him. In the same way the 
objects could be rearranged for a blindfolded child 
and then allow him to place them as they were. 



LESSON III 

THE CREATION STORY 
The Coming of Fishes, Birds and Animals 

Memory Verse. 

And God created great whales, and every living 
creature that moveth. (Gen. 1: 21, a.) 

Song. 

See Lessons 1 and 2. 

Home Work. 

Pasting into the album the picture of a whale, Mum- 
ford No. 462. Ask the children to bring next Sunday 
some living creature that moveth. (Children have 
sometimes brought a fly, spider, earth-worm or hop-toad 
carefully placed in a glass or box with screen over the 
top.) 

Illustrative Material. 

1. A sponge. 

2. A snail, an oyster or clam shell. 

3. An earth-worm, spider or bug. 

4. A globe of fish or a canary bird. 

Study Material. 

"First Book of Geology,' ' Shaler, Chap. 9, Lessons 2 
and 3. 

Story Material. 

Gen. 1 : 20-25. 

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LESSON T BE AT MEN T 

Connecting Links:—- Again look at the flowers, 
fruits, bits of grass or weeds brought by the chil- 
dren. Place them with the material of the last two 
lessons, keeping the classification of the two lessons 
distinct. 

Preparation:— Question the class about the 
things they have seen the past week in this ' ' out-of- 
doors" home. "What have they seen besides the 
stones, water, sky, trees and fruit ? Have they seen 
" living creatures that moveth?" Would they like 
the story of these creatures? 

Nature Story:— Let us learn something about 
the story of the first living creatures that came into 
the water. 

1. Open box and take out a sponge. This was 
made by many tiny little jelly-like creatures living 
in the water. They grow together and make a 
great sponge. They cannot swim or move about, 
but they just grow and live. 

2. Oyster or clam shell. Living creatures live 
in these shells and cannot move about. They lay 
eggs and take care of them. Snails move about but 
these creatures have no voice and are speechless. 

3. Earth-worm. The earth-worm moves about 
and is speechless. Insects, a fly, a spider or ant. 
These lay eggs and care for their young. 

4. A globe of fish or tadpoles. Note the gills 
for breathing in the air from the water. 

5. A canary bird or a picture of a bird. Note 
the feathers for covering. 



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Bible Story with the Book in hand: — Again 
review the last two stories as told before and add 
the creation of "living creatures that moveth." 
Now the ' ' out-of-doors ' ' was ready, but if you could 
have been here, not a sound would you have heard, 
for there was not a living creature to fly or buzz or 
sing. The wind was here to move the trees, and the 
water was here to dash up against the rocks, but 
that was all the music or sound. Then God saw that 
this world was a good place and ready for living 
creatures to enjoy, so God said, "Let the waters 
bring forth abundantly the moving creatures that 
hath life, and fowls that may fly above the earth. 
And God created great whales and every living 
creature that moveth." The waters were ready 
for the fish, the air was ready for the birds, and 
the trees were ready for the birds to live in and 
build their nests. And God saw that it was good. 

Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth liv- 
ing creatures .... cattle and creeping things, the 
beasts of the earth. And it was so." The sheep 
and the oxen, the horses and cows, even the worms 
of the earth. "And God saw that it was good." 

Shall we thank God for all these living 
creatures ? 

Prayer. 



LESSON IV 

THE CREATION STORY 
The Coming of Man 

Memory Verse. 

' ' God made .... every living creature .... and man. 9 ' 

Song. 

" God's Work"— Verse 3. 

He gave us eyes to see them, 

And lips that we might tell 
How good is God our Father, 

Who doeth all things well. 

Home Work. 

Can't you Talk, Holmes, Perry No. 1063. 

Illustrative Material. 

A family picture, the father, mother and children. 

Study Material. 

See Lessons 1, 2 and 3. 

Story Material. 

Gen. 1: 26-31. 

" Hours With the Bible,' ' Geikie, Vol. I, pp. 68, 69 

LESSON TBEATMENT 

Connecting Links:— Review briefly the illus- 
trative material classified according to the three 
lessons. 

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Preparation:— The great out-of-door home is 
now made ready. It is comfortable and beautiful. 
But could the fishes, or the birds, or the sheep and 
oxen, dogs and horses know how beautiful it was? 
No. It needed the little children and their fathers 
and mothers to enjoy and care for it. 

Shall we have the whole story now, with the 
best part of it, the coming of God's little children 
into this out-of-door home? 

Story:— (Summary, tell it slowly with pauses 
that the children may see the pictures.) 

In the beginning God created the Heaven and 
the earth. All was clouds and darkness. Slowly, so 
slowly, the clouds parted, and God said, "Let there 
be light .... and there was light." The clouds 
separated; and there was sky above and water 
beneath. 

And God said, "Let the waters be gathered 
together and let the dry land appear" and it was so. 
Very slowly, the land, hills, valleys, rocks began to 
appear, and God saw that it was good. 

But yet the out-of-door home was not ready for 
God's children. Earth, air, sky, water, was not 
enough to make His children happy. So God made 
two great lights, the sun to rule by day, and the 
moon to rule by night with the stars. 

And God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass 
and trees," fruit and flowers, and it was so; and 
God saw that it was good. 

Now was it ready for his children? No. There 
must be living creatures for them to care for. So 
God created the birds of the air, the fish of the sea, 



22 The Creation Story 

and all animals of the field and forest; every liv- 
ing thing that moveth. And God saw that it was 
good. 

Now the great out-of-door home was ready, and 
God said, I will make fathers and mothers and little 
children I will make them to love as I love, to think 
as I think, to work as I work. When they love and 
work as I love and work, they will be truly my 
children. So God created man in his own image, 
to think, to love, to help and to work. "And God 
saw everything that he had made and behold, it was 
very good." 

Shall we thank Him that we are His children 
and for this out-of-door home He has made for us ? 

Prayer. 

"A Morning Thanksgiving. 9 ' 

For this new morning with its light, 

For rest and shelter of the night, 

We thank the Heavenly Father. 

For health and food, for love and friends, 

For every thing His goodness sends, 

We thank the Heavenly Father. Amen. 



LESSON V 

THE CREATION STORY 
Review 

Memory Verses. 

In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 

Gen. 1: 1. 

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass .... and 

fruit-trees yielding fruit. Gen. 1: 11. 

And God created great whales, and every living 

creature that moveth. (Gen. 1: 21a.) 

"God made. . . .every living creature. . . .and man. " 

Prayer. 

"A Morning Thanksgiving. ' ' 

For this new morning with its light, 

For rest and shelter of the night, 

We thank the Heavenly Father. 

For health and food, for love and friends, 

For everything His goodness sends, 

We thank the Heavenly Father. 

— M. J". Garland. 
"Holiday Songs," by Emilie Poulsson, Milton Bradley 
Company, Publishers. By special permission. 

Song. 

God's Work verses 1, 2, 3, from "Song Stories for 
the Kindergarten ' ' by Hill. Copyrighted by Clayton 
F. Summy Company, Publishers. Used by special per- 
mission. 

Hand Work. 

Allow each child to choose one of the pictures given on 
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24 The Creation Story 

this topic. It may be the one he likes best, to hang 
in his room, or to give to a friend, or if he has been 
absent a Sunday and received no picture, this review 
Sunday gives an opportunity to choose the missing 
picture. 

Illustrative Material. 

The material used during the topic, may be arranged 
on different tables or chairs, classified according to each 
Sunday's lesson; as, the sand, stones, clay, etc., on one 
table, forms of vegetable life upon another table. If 
the class is large, divide it into groups, an assistant 
with each group and have a progressive party, the 
groups moving from one table to another looking at 
the things collected by teachers and children, during 
the past four weeks. A sun-glass may be used to 
examine objects more closely. 

The children naturally will repeat the verses and songs, 
as they go from one table to another. 

LESSON TEEATMENT 

Preparation:— After the informal work with 
the Nature Material, let the kindergartener or 
teacher gather the class about her. One child at a 
time may select the nature object he likes best to 
bring the teacher. 

Story:— Encourage different children to tell 
parts of the Creation story, adding whatever may 
be necessary for its completion. 

Eepeat together the Memory verses and the 
Prayer. Sing the song "God's Work." 

Note:— "The truth is emphasized by repetition, 
and reviews test what the scholar has learned.' 9 
The reviews may be informal, and the children 
given opportunity for expression. It will be in a 



The Creation Story 25 

sense the children's day, more truly than the days 
when a new lesson is being presented by the teacher. 

Desired Result:— If the teachers are imbued 
with a spirit of reverence for God's works, it seems 
that in presenting the nature material, the stories, 
songs, pictures and memory verses, the children 
must catch the spirit of wonder, awe, reverence for 
God's works, leading to love for the Creator. 

" There was once a child, and he strolled about 
a good deal and thought of a number of things. 
He had a sister who was a child too, and his con- 
stant companion. These two used to wonder all 
day long. They wondered at the beauty of the 
flowers, they wondered at the height and blueness 
of the sky, they wondered at the depth of the bright 
water, they wondered at the goodness and the power 
of God who made the lovely world.'' 

"A Child's Dream of a Star." 

— Dickens. 



LESSON I 

PROVIDING FOOD FOR ALL 
For the Animals of the Field and Forest 

Literature. 

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle. Psalms 
104: 14. 

Song. 

Winter Fore- Thought. — Chorus. 

Whisk, frisk, run, storing nuts away, 
Whisk, frisk, run, this glorious autumn day, 
Whisk, frisk, run, while storing nuts away, 
Whisk, frisk, run, for summer days are past. 

' * Song Stories for the Kindergarten, ' ' Hill. Clayton F. 

Summy & Co., Publishers. By special permission. 

Home Work. 

Brittany, Mumford, 342. 

Piper and Nutcrackers, Landseer, Perry 903. 

Illustrative Material. 

A tuft of grass, nuts, oats, or corn. 

Study Material and Story Material. 

"Mother Nature's Stories." — Gould, page 81. 
"The Life of Animals, Mammals." — Ingersoll. 
This Historical Geography of the Holy Land Chapter 
on "The Poetry of the Bible/ ' — George Adam Smith. 
Psalms 104. 

LESSON TEE AT MEN T 
Connecting Links:— Kepeat together the mem- 
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Providing Food for All 27 

ory verse, In the beginning God created the heaven 
and the earth, and review the story of creation. 

We have seen that there was plenty of food for 
the living creatures when they came, food for the 
birds of the air, for the fish of the sea, and for the 
cattle upon a thousand hill-tops. 

Preparation:— What does your horse eat ? What 
do the squirrels find to eat? How do they 
keep the nuts for winter ? Where do the cattle find 
their food ? God causeth the grass to grow for the 
cattle. Who can tell what the bears find to eat? 
Sometimes a bear wades out into the river, stands 
and catches a fish, then tosses it to the cub on the 
bank. Sometimes the bears find wild honey in tree- 
trunks. Again their food is berries and wild 
grapes, or insects that they find under some old 
logs. So there is food in abundance for the bears. 

Story :— A story is told of a boy named David 
who long ago took care of his father's sheep. It 
was a country of stones and rocks. Often David 
led the sheep far from home to find grass for them. 
David living out of doors, days and sometimes 
nights, saw many beasts of the field creep forth 
seeking their food. One night David killed a bear, 
and another night a lion came roaring after its 
prey, but David took care that his sheep were all 
safe. Often the rabbits and conies and foxes came 
out of their holes among the rocks, seeking their 
food, so David knew that the beasts of the field 
creep forth at night seeking their food, and that 
God causeth the grass to grow for the cattle. 



28 Providing Food for All 

Prayer:— Let us thank God for food and loving 
care. 

"A Morning Thanksgiving/ ' 

For this new morning with its light, 

For rest and shelter of the night, 

We thank the Heavenly Father. 

For health and food, for love and friends, 

And every thing His goodness sends, 

We thank the Heavenly Father. Amen. 



LESSON II 

PROVIDING FOOD FOR ALL 
For the Birds of the Air 

Memory Verse. 

Behold the birds, — 

Your Heavenly Father feedeth them. Matt. 6:26 a. c. 

Literature. 

Some seeds fell by the wayside, and the birds came 
and devoured them. Matt. 13: 4. 

Home Work. 

The Goldfinch, Mumford, 92. 

Ask the class to bring the seeds that grow by the way- 
side; fruit or grain that birds eat. 

Study Material. 

"Mother Nature's Children," Gould, Chapter 8. 

1 ■ The Land and the Book, ' p Thomson, Vol. I, page 86. 

Matt. 13: 1-9, 31-32. 

LESSON TEEATMENT 

Connecting Links:— Question about the animals 
seen the past week and the food they were eating. 
Lead some child to tell how the bears find their 
food; how the squirrels put away food for cold 
weather; what the cattle find to eat. Retell the 
story of David. 

Preparation:-— We have seen that there is food 

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30 Providing Food for All 

in abundance for the animals of the field and forest. 
How about the birds, what do they find to eat ? 

See if the children know how the robin gets its 
food— fruit and earth-worms. 

The goldfinch— seeds. 

The crow— corn. 

Flocks of sparrows picking up food in our 
streets. 

Swallows, skimming through the air, snapping 
up flies and mosquitoes. 

Humming birds, after the honey in the honey- 
suckle blossom. 

A few or all of these the class may know about. 

Story:— They tell us that in a far-away country, 
there lived a boy, who grew to be a great Teacher. 
He took long walks in the country and watched 
the birds. Sometimes He saw the pigeons on the 
house-tops eating the corn that had been given 
them. Sometimes the sparrows in the streets were 
picking up wild oats. Sometimes the birds were 
on a mustard-tree after the mustard-seed, and the 
Great Teacher, sitting upon the hillside, with a 
crowd of people about Him said : 

Behold the birds, 

Your Heavenly Father feedeth them. 



LESSON III 

PROVIDING FOOD FOR ALL 
Food for Us. 

Memory Verse. 

Your Heavenly Father feedeth them. Matt. 6: 26 c. 

Literature. 

Give us this day 
Our daily bread. 

A Prayer for Grace. 

1 1 Come Lord Jesus 
Be our guest 
And let this food 
To us be blest." 

Song. 

11 Harvest Song." 

O sing a song of harvest, 
Of fruit that's gathered in, 
Of corn in golden plenty, 
And wheat that's in the bin. 

"Primary and Junior Songs for the Sunday-School." 
Mari E. Hofer. Clayton F. Summy & Co., Publishers. 
By special permission. 

Home Work. 

A Bunch of Grapes, Mumford, 246. 

Illustrative Material. 

A nut, lig, bunch of grapes. 
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32 Providing Food for All 

Study and Story Material. 

Matt. 12: 1 and 13. Mark 2:23. Luke 6:1 and 13; 
18, 19. 

LESSON T BE AT MEN T 

Connecting Links:— Review with the children 
the different kinds of food provided for the horses, 
cows, squirrels, bears, lions. 

Allow the children to tell their stories of the 
birds they have seen picking up their food, and the 
birds they have fed. Question as to the bird that 
feeds upon earth-worms, cherries, seeds, mosquitoes, 
honey in the flower, grubs in the tree-bark, corn. 

Preparation:— Place a walnut or chestnut in 
some child's hand. Let the child name it. Look 
at the nut and find out what is stored away inside 
the hard shell. Is it good for us to eat ? 

Another child may taste a fig. Learn upon what 
the fig grows. Also a grape. 

We see there is plenty of food provided for men, 
women and children. 

Story:— There is a story of a boy who grew to 
be a man, living out of doors most of the time. He 
took long walks in the country. 

One day He came to a field of wheat, ripe and 
ready to be cut. Men were needed to cut the wheat, 
but there were none there. Where are the 
harvesters? said He. The harvest is ripe and the 
laborers are few. 

He climbed a hill to sleep. There were trees, 
some with figs growing upon them, others with 
olives. 



Providing Food for All 33 

He came to a vineyard. Men were picking the 
grapes from the vines. 

He watched a farmer cut his grain and gather 
it into barns, but the barns were too small for that 
great crop of wheat. What did the farmer do? 
He pulled down the old barns and built large new 
ones. 

The Lord Jesus went to a friend who was 
living in a rocky, stony country, and there was 
wild honey for his friend to eat. 

It was the Lord Jesus who said, Your Heavenly 
Father f eedeth you, and He taught us to pray, 

Give us this day, our daily bread. 

Does God give us this day our daily bread ? Do 
we have plenty to eat each day? 

Prayer;— Let us thank Him for our food. 



LESSON IV 

PROVIDING FOOD FOR ALL 

Beview 

Memory Verse. 

Behold the birds, — 

Your Heavenly Father feedeth them. Matt. 6: 26 a. c. 

E. V. 

Literature. 

He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle. Ps. 104: 14. 

Some seeds fell by the wayside, and the birds came and 
devoured them. Matt. 13: 4. 

Give us this day 

Our daily bread. Matt. 6: 11. 

"Come Lord Jesus 
Be our guest 
And let this food 
To us be blest.' ' 

Songs. 

Winter Fore-Thought Chorus. 
"Song Stories for the Kindergarten, f ' page 85. 
The Harvest Song, page 36. 

Mari E. Hofer, "Primary and Junior Songs for the 
Sunday-School. f f 

Permission granted by Clayton F. Summy and Co., 
Publishers. 

Home Work. 

Again allow children choice of pictures. 
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Providing Food for All 35 

Illustrative Material. 

Place the nature material used in the lessons of this 
topic upon a table. The children may spend the time 
before class and at opening of the lesson, sorting the 
foods; those used by animals, birds, man. 

LESSON TREATMENT 

Show a picture of a bear. Call some seemingly 
absent-minded child to tell what the bear finds to 
eat. Call another child to tell what he has seen 
the sheep eating ; the cows, the horses. Let another 
tell squirrel stories and repeat the song. 

Look at robin or goldfinch picture. Encourage 
one child at a time to tell of the birds they have 
seen eating, and lead to the story of Jesus and the 
birds. Jesus finding the field of wheat, the grapes, 
the olives and praying ' l Give us this day our daily 
bread." 

Close with prayer and songs. 

Note.— This would be an opportunity for a 
closer acquaintance with the children. A teacher 
might, during the week, invite the children to her 
home for games and songs, serving a simple lunch 
and using the grace : 

"Come Lord Jesus 
Be our guest 
And let this food 
To us be blest." 

Desired Results:— To arouse the feeling of 
dependence upon God, the Giver of "Our daily 
bread." 



LESSON I 

PROVIDING DRINK FOR ALL 
The Story of the Bain-Clouds 

Song. 

The Kainy Day. 

"Patter, patter, goes the rain. M 

See "Small Songs for Small Singers,' > W. H. Neid- 

linger. Page 4. 

Home Work. 

A Shower, Langee, Perry, 616. 

Illustrative Material. 

Water changed into steam and converted back to rain- 
drops. 

Study Material. 

"Fairy Land of Science/ 9 Buckland. 

LESSON TBEATMENT 

Connecting Links:— With the help of the chil- 
dren, briefly retell the stories of Creation and God 
providing food. 

Preparation:— Many wonderful things, that we 
cannot see, God created in the beginning. Let us 
find out what some of these things are. 

Lesson Experiments :— Give this lesson near an 
open fire, or use an alcohol burner. 

Send one child after another to the fire. What 
do they feel ? Do they see the heat ? 

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Providing Drink for All 37 

Open the window and let in the cold wind. 
What do they feel ? Do we see the cold ? 

Here is a basin of water. From where did the 
water come? Trace it to the river or well, then 
to the rain and clouds. Let us try to send some of 
the water in this basin up into the air, to help make 
the clouds. 

Place the basin containing a very little water 
over the fire or an alcohol burner. Watch the water 
boil and rise in steam. The children may watch 
until the basin is dry. We see that the water has 
all changed into steam or water-dust and gone into 
the air. Shall we bring it down again in rain- 
drops ? 

Again boil a larger quantity of water and catch 
the steam upon a cold plate. Watch the water form 
into tiny drops, run down the plate and fall. 

So the great hot sun sends the heat to draw the 
water from our lakes up into the sky, making clouds 
of water-dust. Then the cold winds come, touch 
the clouds of water-dust, and change them into 
water-drops and we say it rains. 

Some day we may go to a country where the 
high hills or mountains reach up into the sky 
through the clouds. We can climb those high 
mountains until we are above the clouds. Then 
instead of looking up to see the clouds we look 
down upon them resting upon the mountains. 

When at home and the clouds come to hide the 
sun we say, it is going to rain. 

"Patter, patter goes the rain." 

Prayer of gratitude for "everything His good- 
ness sends.' ' 



LESSON II 

PROVIDING DRINK FOR ALL 
The Story of the Spring and Biver 

Memory Verse. 

He sendeth forth springs. . . . 

They run among the mountains. Psalms 104:10 a. 

11 a. 

Home Work. 

Sources of Jordan, Wilde, 305. 

Illustrative Material. 

Black board sketch: Sand and clay. 

Study Material. 

" First Book of Geology/ ' Shaler. 

" Walks and Talks in the Geological Field/ ' Winchell, 

page 30. 

Story Material. 

The Gospels. Matt 16: 13. John 7: 1. 
' i Historical Geography of the Holy Land, 9 f Smith, page 
473, 481. 
"The Land and the Book," Thomson, Vol. II, page 
484. 

Connecting Links:-— "Review the story of the 
rain-drops. 

Preparation:— With questions, lead the children 
to tell what happens to the water that falls upon 
the earth when it rains. Some falls upon the side- 
walks and the heat draws it up into the clouds. 

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Providing Drink for All 39 

Some runs down the hills in little streams or 
into the city gutters. Some soaks down into the 
earth. 

What becomes of the water when it soaks into 
the earth? When in the country, from whence 
comes the water that we drink? How does the 
water get into the spring or well ? 

Experiment with clay and sand:— het us try to 
make a little spring in this basin. 

Place in a basin, a layer of earth and sand. 
Sprinkle with water and watch the water soak 
through the sand. Dig down and see if the water 
went through the clay. Pour enough water so that 
it will collect in the clay. This makes a spring, 
and a pump would draw it up, as they pump it up 
from the wells in the country. 

If the water goes through the sand and then 
flows until it comes out of the ground and stands 
in a stone or clay hollow, we have a spring of water 
from which to drink. Who has ever taken a drink 
from a spring of cool water ? 

Story:— There is a story of Jesus, in the coun- 
try, walking from place to place. Sometimes He 
came to wells of water and drank from these wells. 
Again at the foot of a hill a spring would burst 
forth and spread into a pool of water, and from 
out this pool would flow a stream of water. 

Always, way off in the North, a high hill or 
snow-capped mountain could be seen, and once 
Jesus came near this mountain. Looking, He saw 
it reaching up into the sky, covered with snow, and 
all about Him at the foot of the mountain were 



40 Providing Drink for All 

green meadows. Springs of water gushed out from 
the hills and rushed headlong through the meadows, 
over rocks and stones. Four of these streams came 
together, and made a river called the River Jordan. 
(This could be illustrated by the blackboard.) 

So Jesus knew how springs of water are sent 
forth from the earth and that God who in the be- 
ginning created the Heaven sendeth forth the 
springs. 

Memory Verse :— He sendeth forth springs .... 
they run among the mountains. 

Prayer.— Let us thank God for every thing His 
goodness sends. 



LESSON I 

PROVIDING CLOTHING FOR ALL 
Feather Clothing — for the Birds 

Memory Verse. 

God so clothes the birds. 

Literature. 

Behold the birds of Heaven. Matt. 6:26 a. E. Y. 

Song. 

Little Yellowhead. " Small Songs for Small Singers/' 
Neidlinger, Page 53. 

Prayer. 

" Thanks For Daily Blessings. 9 
Father of all, below, above, 
We thank Thee for Thy love, 
Our food, our homes, the clothes we wear, 
Tell of Thy loving care. Amen. 

(Adapted). 

"Song Stories for the Kindergarten. ' ' Clayton F. 
Summy & Co., Publishers. By special permission. 

Home Work. 

Water Lilies, Mumford, 270. 

Illustrative Material. 

Feathers and a bit of swan's or eider-down. 

Study Material. 

"Story of the Birds,' ' Basket. 
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42 Providing Clothing for All 

Story Material. 

" First Book of Birds/ ' Miller. 

LESSON TBEATMENT 

Connecting Links:— You have watched and 
learned how some animals and birds find the food 
that is stored away for them and we have seen how 
nuts, fruit and grain grow for us. We must have 
food, and we must have clothes. 

Let us now have stories about how clothing is 
given. "What kind of clothing have the birds? 
Note the different kinds of feathers, their beauty 
of color and lightness of weight. See this eider- 
down from a duck. Would you like a story of this 
eider-down and how it clothes the ducks ? 

Story:— Once there was a man who lived in the 
country and watched the ducks. One day old 
mother duck was just coming off her nest with ten 
little ducklings. One duckling was pecking its 
way out of the shell. The man picked up the egg 
and there was a peck, peck, peck— until out stepped 
a duckling. Was it dressed? Just covered with 
fine hairs, and while he held it in his hand, the hairs 
turned to soft white down, thick, warm and beauti- 
ful. So the duckling was clothed and ready for a 
walk or a swim. 

As the duckling grew, feathers came, and then 
she had a soft downy under-coat, and a thick, warm 
overcoat of feathers. The feathers were not heavy 
but light and warm. She could swim in the water 
or fly in the air. 

So wisely does Ood clothe the birds. 



Providing Clothing for All 43 

Terse:— Repeat God so clothes the birds. 
Prayer:— het us thank Him for His goodness. 

"Father of all, below, above, 
We thank Thee for thy love, 
Our food, our homes, the clothes we wear 
Tell of thy loving care. Amen/' 



LESSON II 

PROVIDING CLOTHING FOR ALL 
Fur Clothing — for the Babbit 

Memory Verse. 

God so clothes the animals. 

Song. 

Footprints. "Small Songs for Small Singers/ ' W. H. 
Neidlinger. 

Home Work. 

Babbit, Mumford, 174. 

Illustrative Material. 

A live rabbit and kitten. These have been used in 
Sunday-school. 

Study Material. 

"The Life of Animals, Mammals/ 9 Ernest Ingersoll, 
pages 3 and 404. 

Story Material. 

Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers, ' f John Burroughs. 

LESSON TREATMENT 

Connecting Links:— Look at a picture of a 
downy chicken just out of the shell, clothed and 
ready for a walk. Lead some child to tell the story 
of the duckling, clothed, ready for a swim. Look 
at the different kinds of feathers brought. Note 
their fine quality, light weight and colors. 

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Providing Clothing for All 45 

Preparation:— If God so clothe the birds, how 
does he clothe the animals? Have a kitten or a 
rabbit. Let each child come quietly and touch its 
fur. Note the tiny hairs ; these make a warm coat. 

Story:— Mr. Burroughs tells a story of finding a 
nest full of young rabbits. The nest was out on 
the lawn and mother rabbit had dug a hole under 
the grass, then covered it over with the same grass. 
One could walk over the nest and never know it. 
One day a man with sharp eyes found it and called 
Mr. Burroughs to come and see. He saw nothing 
until his friend said, "Lift up that tuft of yellow 
grass." Mr. Burroughs lifted it— and sure enough, 
there were four or five young rabbits curled up 
fast asleep, snug and warm. 

The mother rabbit was away hunting food but 
the babies were warm, for before she left them she 
had plucked the soft, downy fur from her own 
breast, lined the nest and covered them up warm 
with it. That is the way they were cared for until 
clothed in fur themselves and old enough to leave 
the nest. 

Prayer:— Let us thank God for His loving care. 



LESSON III 

PROVIDING CLOTHING FOR ALL 
The Children's Clothing 

Memory Verse. 

If God so clothe the grass of the field. . . . 

Shall He not much more clothe you? Matt. 6: 30 a. c 

Literature. 

The lambs are for thy clothing. Prov. 28 : 26. 

Home Work. 

Domestic Sheep, Mumford, 479. 

Illustrative Material. 

A picture of sheep, a piece of wool, woolen yarn and 
mitten, perhaps a woolly toy sheep. 

Study Material. 

"The Child >s World." Poulsson, page 413. 

Story Material 

Matt. 6: 30. 

LESSON TBEATMENT 

Connecting Links:— Review briefly the stories 
of the birds and animals ; the clothing given them. 

Preparation:— With a sense play, allow one 
child at a time to touch a woolen mitten or stocking, 
then a ball of woolen yarn, then a bit of wool or a 

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Providing Clothing for All 47 

toy woolly sheep. Look at picture of sheep. Show 
how the wool taken from the sheep is spun into 
yarn and knitted into warm mittens. So the lambs 
are for our clothing. 

Story ;— We have had a story of One who lived 
much out of doors and took long walks in the 
country. 

Sometimes He wandered in the fields where the 
grass and lilies grew, and the people thronged 
about Him. Sick people came to be healed. Blind 
people came to be made to see. Hungry people 
came to be fed. People poor, and in rags, came to 
be clothed. 

Jesus took care of them all. He healed the 
sick, made the blind to see, fed the hungry, and 
then turning to the poor people, He said, ' * Consider 
the lilies of the field. ' ' Pointing to the grass of the 
field, He said, "If God so clothe the grass of the 
field .... shall He not much more clothe you?" 

If we work, we shall be clothed. There are 
the sheep, take the wool, spin it into yarn, knit 
it into mittens, weave it into cloth, "The lambs 
are for thy clothing." 

So we know that God clothes the birds, the ani- 
mals, the lilies and the grass of the field. And the 
lambs are for our clothing. 

Memory Verse:— 

If God so clothe the grass of the field— 
Shall He not much more clothe you ? 



[LESSON IV 

PROVIDING CLOTHING FOR ALL 

Eeview 

Memory Verses. 

God so clothes the birds. 

God so clothes the animals. 

If God so clothe the grass of the field — 

Shall He not much more clothe you? Matt. 6: 30 a. c. 

Literature. 

Behold the birds of the Heaven. Matt. 6: 26 a. E. V. 
The lambs are for thy clothing. Prov. 28: 26. 

Prayer. 

"Thanks For Daily Blessing" 

Father of all, below, above, 

We thank Thee for thy love, 

Our food, our homes, the clothes we wear 

Tell of thy loving care. Amen. 

"Song Stories for the Kindergarten, ' ' Hill, page 17. 

Songs. 

Little Yellowhead. "Small Songs for Small Singers.' ' 
Neidlinger. 

Footprints. "Small Songs for Small Singers," Neid- 
linger. 

Home Work. 

Choice of pictures. 

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Providing Clothing for All 49 

Illustrative Material. 

Feathers, a bit of eider-down, fur, wool, yarn, woolen 
clothing, mittens, etc. 

LESSON TREATMENT 

Introduce with a game, sense of touch. Let 
blindfolded child touch feather, then open eyes 
and tell story of the bird's feather clothing. 

Another child touch piece of fur, and with 
teacher's help name some animals that are clothed 
in fur, where they live, and why they need such 
warm clothing. Repeat the story of the rabbit. 

Again, touch wool and learn how it is " for our 
clothing. ' ' 

Close with the story of Jesus and "If God so 
clothe the grass of the field, shall He not much more 
clothe you ? ' ' 

Desired Results:— To deepen the impression of 
God's goodness. 



LESSON I 

PROVIDING SHELTER FOR ALL 
Homes in the Earth — Fox 

Memory Verse. 

The foxes have holes. Matt. 8 : 20. 

Home Work. 

Little Foxes, Carter, Perry, 1062, or Mumford, 182. 

Illustrative Material. 

Blackboard sketch. 

Study Material. 

" Homes Without Hands/ ' Wood. 

"The Historical Geography of the Holy Land," Smith. 
"Land and the Book," Thomson, Vol. I, page 411. 
Prov. 30: 26 Psalms 104: 18. 

Story Material. 

The Gospel. 

LESSON TEEATMENT 

Connecting Links:— We have been finding out 
how water, food and clothing are given us. "We all 
need a place in which to live. 

Preparation :— When men and women and chil- 
dren are caught out of doors in a storm where do 
they go to find a shelter ? Where do we sleep and 
rest? We need homes. Where do our cats like 
to sleep on a cold night ? Dogs ? Who knows where 
the rabbits sleep ? 

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Providing Shelter for All 51 

Show picture of Carter's "Little Foxes.' ' Here 
is a picture of foxes. Where do they live? Have 
the children ever been in the country and found a 
hole in the ground ? It may have been the home of 
a fox. Sometimes these holes are dug deep down 
into the earth with long passage-ways and a snug 
nursery lined with fur at the bottom. Illustrate with 
blackboard sketch. See "Home Without Hands," 
Woods, page 16. Sometimes a sly fox comes 
along and finds a small hole under the bushes that 
a rabbit has dug. This he steals and goes to work 
digging a long hallway, then the nursery, then 
another long passage-way with a door up through 
a tree, so there are two doors to this earth home. 
Sometimes this same fox digs another hole under 
a stone, and the wise old fox has many holes in 
which to live and hide. 

Story:— We have another story of a child, who 
long ago played out upon the hills among the trees 
and rocks. As the child grew to be a man He was 
often out alone, early in the morning in quiet 
places. He knew the foxes and their holes, for He 
had seen them creep into their holes with food 
for their fox kittens and He had seen them peep out 
from their holes in the trees. One day when He 
had grown to be a great teacher this man, (you 
know His name), Jesus, was sitting among the 
rocks upon a hillside. Crowds of people were 
listening to His stories and that day He said to 
the people, "The foxes have holes," for well He 
knew that living creatures must have a shelter 



52 Providing Shelter for All 

from the storms, and that foxes have holes in which 
to live and hide from danger. 

Let us repeat together, "The foxes have holes.' ' 

Prayer. 

"Thanks For Daily Blessings." 
Father of all, below, above, 
We thank Thee for Thy love. 
Our food, our homes, the clothes we wear, 
Tell of Thy loving care. Amen. 



LESSON II 

PROVIDING SHELTER FOR ALL 
Homes in the Trees — Birds 

Memory Verse. 

The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have 
nests. Matt. 8 : 20 a. 

Literature. 

The birds of the air come and lodge in the branches 
thereof. Matt. 13 : 32 b. 

Prayer. 

"Thanks For Daily Blessings." 
Father of all, below, above, 
We thank Thee for Thy love, 
Our food, our homes, the clothes we wear, 
Tell of Thy loving care. Amen. 

(Adapted.) 

Song. 

What Robin Told Me. 

Verse 2, Page 38, "Nature Songs for Children/ ' 
Knowlton. Milton Bradley Company, publishers. By 
special permission. 

Where do the robins build their nests? 

Robin redbreast told me. 

Up among the leaves so deep, 

Where the sunbeams rarely creep, 

Long before the winds are cold, 

Long before the leaves are gold, 

Bright-eyed stars will peep and see 

Baby robins, one, two, three, 

That's what robin told me. 

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54 Providing Shelter for All 

Home Work. 

Field Sparrow, Mumford, 442. 

Illustrative Material. 

A sparrow or robin *s nest, or pictures of nests. 

Study and Story Material. 

The Gospels. 

Psalms 104, Eevised. "A description of Palestine/ 9 
11 Geography of the Holy Land," Smith, page 460. 
"Life and Times of the Messiah," Edersheim, Vol. II, 

page 410. 
"Land and The Book," Thomson, Vol. II, page 410, Vol. 

I, page 86. 

LESSON TBEATMENT 

Connecting Links:— With blackboard sketch, 
review briefly the foxes' earth home. 

Preparation:— Question about the different 
places the birds find for shelter; in hedges, in 
thick trees, in the grass, in sand banks, in barns. 

Question about the nests the birds make for 
their young, and where they are placed. 

Story:— Stories we have heard about the little 
Lord Jesus, grown to be a man and a great teacher, 
so that crowds of people followed to hear His words. 

Much of the time, we have heard, He lived out 
of doors, walking from one city to another, on the 
country roads and through the green fields. The 
flowers, the trees, the animals, the birds were His 
friends. 

Sometimes He saw a bird making its nest in a 
mustard-tree or bush. Sometimes He saw their 
nest holes in an earth bank. Again, right in front 



Providing Shelter for All 55 

of Him were thick bushes and trees, full of spar- 
rows' nests. So the Lord Jesus knew where the 
birds found their shelter, and how they worked to 
build their nests. 

Sitting one day upon the hillside, among the 
rocks and the trees, He saw the nests and the holes 
in the trees, and he said to the people all about 
Him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the 
air have nests." The people, that night, on their 
way home, could see for themselves the different 
kinds of homes that the birds and the animals 
made. 

Prayer:— Let us thank God, that Jesus lived 
and saw this beautiful world of ours. 



LESSON III 

PROVIDING SHELTER FOR ALL 
Homes for Us 

Memory Verse. 

Is not this the carpenter? Mark 6:3 a. 

Song. 

The Carpenter. 
" Songs and Music of FroebePs Mother Play," Blow, 236. 
D. Apple ton and Company, Publishers. By special 
permission. 

Busy is the carpenter, at his work he stands, 

Oh, the wonders he can do with his skilful hands. 

Sawing now the long boards shorter soon he makes, 

And the rough is quickly smoothed when the plane he takes. 

So the carpenter at last all together brings, 
Nails the boards and timbers fast. How his hammer rings. 
Thus a cosy house he builds, where the child may live, 
And for this the grateful child love and thanks will give. 

Home Work. 

An Oriental House, "House of Simon the Tanner." 
Wilde's Bible Pictures, No. 302. 

Ask children next Sunday to bring pictures of houses, 
their own homes, if possible. 

Illustrative Material. 

Building material, a stone, brick, glass, piece of board. 
A picture of an oriental house and a gable-roofed 
house. 

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Study Material. 

"Froebel's Mother Play," Commentary on the Carpen- 
ter, Blow. 
"Life of Christ/ ' Farrar. 

Story Material. 

The Gospels. 

LESSON TREATMENT 

Connecting Links:— Repeat together the mem- 
ory verse : 6 ' The foxes have holes and the birds have 
nests." Listen as the children tell, one at a time, 
the stories of the birds they have seen and then the 
story of the birds Jesus saw, as He walked about 
the country. 

Look with awe at any nest that may have been 
brought. Often old nests are blown down in the 
fall and we can have them. No one would touch a 
new nest. 

Preparation:— -We have seen how the birds and 
the animals all need homes. What kind of a home 
do we live in? 

Hide under a handkerchief a piece of wood, or 
any building material and let one child at a time 
touch and tell what it may be. 

Look at the picture of a gable-roofed house and 
note the pointed roof, made so rain and snow will 
slide off. Then study the picture of an oriental 
house. Notice the flat roof with stairs going up 
from the outside. This makes a place to rest and 
to sleep when nights are warm. 

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58 Providing Shelter for All 

for cold, snowy countries and houses for warm 
countries. 

Story:— The Child Jesus must have lived in 
one of these flat-roofed houses for that is the kind 
they build in the warm country. 

They tell us that when the Lord Jesus was a 
young baby, Mary, His Mother, and Joseph took 
Him upon a long journey into a far country. 
Nights and days they traveled, often sleeping out 
of doors. When the child was older they came back 
home and dwelt in Nazareth. There they lived in 
a little white cube-shaped house of one or two 
rooms, a court in front, and best of all, stairs on 
the outside leading up to the roof. 

Can you not see the Child learning to climb 
those stairs and laughing with glee when at last 
He reached the top and could play upon the flat 
roof? Then the joy of being there upon the roof 
with Mary, His Mother, at night-time and watch- 
ing the stars and the moon, the same old moon and 
stars that we see. Often on a still summer night 
they sat there, Mary telling Him stories, and when 
late, they laid themselves down upon their blankets 
and went fast asleep, with the stars overhead. 

So Jesus waxed strong; He went to school. At 
home He learned to work with His hands and 
became a carpenter. The roof of their own little 
house needed mending, and Jesus mended it. Then 
His neighbor's roof needed mending and they sent 
for Jesus. Sometimes it was the stairs, and again 
the door, until Jesus was able to build a house. 

When He became a great teacher, and came 



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back to His old home at Nazareth, the people said : 
1 ' Is not this the carpenter ? " Of course he was the 
carpenter, and used to make the boards fit, for 
He loved His little home with Mary His Mother, 
and He wished all people to have homes of their 
own— a place in which to rest, a place to work and 
play, and a shelter from the storms. 

Let us thank Him for our homes and then sing 
the Carpenter song. 

Prayer. 

Song. 

Busy is the carpenter, at his work he stands, 
Oh, the wonders he can do with his skilful hands. 
Sawing now the long boards shorter soon he makes, 
And the rough is quickly smoothed when the plane he takes. 

So the carpenter at last all together brings, 
Nails the boards and timbers fast. How his hammer rings. 
Thus a cosy house he builds, where the child may live, 
And for this the grateful child love and thanks will give. 



LESSON IV 

PROVIDING SHELTER FOR ALL 

Review 

Memory Verses. 

The foxes have holes. 

And the birds of the air have nests. Matt. 8: 20 a. 

Is not this the carpenter. Mark 6:3 a. 

Literature. 

The birds of the air come and lodge in the branches 
thereof. Matt. 13: 32 b. 

Songs. 

What Eobin Told Me. 

" Nature Songs for Children/ ' Fanny Snow Knowlton, 

Milton Bradley Company. 

The Carpenter. 

" Songs and Music of FroebePs Mother Play," Blow, 

page 236. 

Home Work. 

The choice of pictures used in this topic. 

Illustrative Material. 

Blackboard drawing. 

"The use of the blackboard is one of the best forms 

of reviews, as it appeals to the eye." 

LESSON TREATMENT 
Gather the children about the blackboard, or a 
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large sheet of paper. When all are ready, a black- 
board story may be given. 

1. Sketch in broad lines the home of the fox. 
When finished call upon some child to come and 
tell about it. 

2. Sketch a tree, hedge, barn, and call a child to 
place a nest in the tree, another to draw a nest un- 
der the eaves of the barn, etc. 

3. Draw the Oriental flat-roofed house. Ketell 
the story of Jesus the Carpenter; it may be the 
children will be able to add details to the picture 
after the story has been recalled. 

Sing and play the Carpenter and Robin songs. 

Desired Results:— It will be interesting for the 
teachers and parents to make notes of results seen ; 
if there be an increase of interest in nature, better 
care given to pets, an awakening reverence for all 
living creatures. 



LESSON I 

PROVIDING REST FOR ALL 
The Winter Best of the Earth 

Memory Verse. 

The whole earth is at rest and is quiet. Zech. 1: 11. 

Song. 

Waiting to Grow, by Amanda Turner. 

Page 20, "Song Echoes,' ' Jenks and Bust. Oliver Dit- 

son, Publisher. By special permission. 

Little white snowdrops, just waking up, 
Violets, daisies and sweet buttercups, 
Are under the leaves, and the ice and the snow, 
Waiting, waiting to grow. 

Think what a host of queer little seeds, 
Soon to make flowers, and mosses and weeds, 
Are under the leaves, and the ice and the snow, 
Waiting, waiting to grow. 

Nothing so small, or hidden so well, 

That God can not find it and presently tell 

His sun where to shine and His rain where to go, 

Helping, — helping them grow. 

Home Work. 

Snow Bunting, Mumford 98. 

Encourage the children to bring twigs showing leaf- 
buds. 
Place them in water and watch them develop or waken. 

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Illustrative Material. 

Branches from trees, showing buds in winter condition. 
Seeds and bulbs " waiting to grow." 

Study Material. 

"Mother Nature's Children/ > Gould. 

Cornell Leaflet, Home Nature Study Course, Nov., 1903. 
" Winter/ ' Thoreau. 

Story Material. 

Waiting to Grow. Amanda Turner, in * i Song Echoes, ' ' 
Jenks and Bust. 

LESSON TREATMENT 

Connecting Links:— Sing the songs, " Where 
do Kobins build their Nests?" 

"Busy is the Carpenter. " 

Keview the story of Jesus the Carpenter, return- 
ing home at night to sleep and rest. 

Preparation:— We have seen that we all need 
homes. Everything needs to rest and some things 
rest all winter. Question: Who has made a gar- 
den ? What did you find in the earth when spading 
and digging? What were the earth-worms and 
bugs doing? Why can you not dig in the garden 
in the winter? The soil is frozen; it is resting. 

Look at a bulb or a seed. How do we know 
there is life in the bulb ? Is this bulb growing, or 
is it quiet and at rest? How could we coax it to 
grow? 

Study a twig taken from a tree in winter. Note 
the arrangement and the covering of the buds. So 
we find in winter the earth is at rest and the trees 



64 Providing Rest for All 

and seeds are resting, waiting to grow. It is a long 
winter's nap the earth is taking. 

Song Story:— There is a song telling us that 
the little snow-drops are just waking up, but the 
violets, daisies and sweet buttercups are still sleep- 
ing, under the leaves, the ice and the snow, waiting 
to grow. 

Then the song story says to us, ' l Think what a 
host of queer little seeds" ( a host of seeds, hun- 
dreds and hundreds of seeds, more than we can 
count). 

' ' Think what a host of queer little seeds 
Soon to make flowers, and mosses and weeds, 
Are under the leaves and the ice and the snow, 
Waiting to grow." 

The children may mention different seeds that 
are waiting to grow. 

But the best part of the story is, 

"Nothing so small, or hidden so well, 
That God cannot find it and presently tell 
His sun where to shine, and His rain where to 

go. 
Helping, helping them grow." 

Let us all tell the story. Repeat together, and 
then sing. The music may have been played for 
several previous Sundays as quiet music, at the 
beginning of the Sunday-school. 



LESSON II 

PROVIDING REST FOR ALL 
The Winter Best of Animals 

Memory Verse. 

The whole earth is at rest and is quiet. Zech. 1:11. 

Home Work. 

Black Bear, Mumford, No. 397. 

Illustrative Material. 

Cocoons and spider's nests found in trees and upon 

old fences. 

Polljwogs and frogs or pictures of them. 

LESSON TEE AT MEN T 

Connecting Links:— Remembering that there is 
life hidden away, look tenderly at sleeping bulbs, 
seeds or branches that may have been brought. 

Let us repeat together the song story about the 
sleeping seeds. Repeat and then sing the song, 
"Waiting to Grow." 

Preparation:— We have found seeds and buds 
asleep. Have any of us ever found a living crea- 
ture asleep for all winter? Look at the cocoon. 
What is sleeping in this cocoon ? Look at a spider 's 
nest. What is asleep in this nest? Tiny spiders 
may awaken if the room is warm. This once hap- 
pened in Sunday-school one cold winter's day 
when the class were sitting before an open fire. 
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Have you seen the toads hopping about on warm 
summer nights ? Where are they in winter ? Where 
are the black bears when the berries are all gone ? 
Where are the frogs when they stop croaking and 
all is still in the country? Look at the picture of 
frogs and pollywogs. 

Story:— Once a boy found some pollywogs and 
brought them home in a pail of water. They grew 
and they grew until they were changed from polly- 
wogs swimming in the water, to frogs with legs. 
Then they could jump and live better out of the 
water than in the water. 

Then Leon brought them to the kindergarten 
and the children put them in the sand table and 
let them jump about catching flies to eat. It was 
fun watching these three, bright, little fellows hop 
about snapping up the flies. But one cold morn- 
ing the frogs were gone. The children hunted and 
hunted. At last under a big flat stone in the sand, 
they found the three froggies as still as still could 
be, fast asleep. And the children left them there 
sleeping. 
Memory Verse. 

The whole earth is at rest and is quiet. Zech. 1:11. 
(Eepeat with hushed voices) 



LESSON III 

PROVIDING REST FOR ALL 
The Nightly Best of Birds 

Memory Verse. 

The whole earth is at rest and is quiet. Zech. 1 : 11. 

Song. 

Bye, Baby, Bye, from "Song Stories for the Kinder- 
garten/ ' Hill. Clayton F. Summy, Publisher. By 
special permission. 

Bye, baby! night is come, 
And the sun is going home, 

Bye, baby bye! 

Bye, baby bye! 
All the flowers have shut their eyes 
On the grass a shadow lies, 

Bye, baby bye! 

O Bye, baby bye. 

Bye, baby! birds are sleeping; 
One by one, the stars are peeping, 

Bye, baby bye! 

Bye, baby bye! 
In the far off sky they twinkle, 
While the cows come tinkle, tinkle, 

Bye, baby bye! 

O Bye, baby bye. 

Prayer. 

A MOBNING PBAYEB 

Father, we thank Thee for the night, 
And for the pleasant morning light, 
For rest and food and loving care 
And all that makes this world so fair, 

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Help us to do the things we should, 

To be to others kind and good, 

In all we do in work or play, 

To grow more loving every day. Amen 

"Kindergarten Chimes," page 9, Clayton F. Summy, 
By special permission. 

Home Work. 

Mumford, 500. 

Illustrative Material. 

Blackboard drawings with story. 

Study Material. 

"Story of the Birds,' ' Baskett. 

Story Material. 

Miller's "First Book of Birds," Chap. 2. 
LESSON TEE AT MEN T 

Connecting Links:— We have had stories of the 
earth and the trees resting all winter. A story of 
the tiny frogs taking "a long winter's nap." 
There are many living creatures who sleep only 
at night. 

Preparation:— How about your canary bird; 
have you seen him asleep? Have you seen the 
chickens go to roost? Where do the little chickens 
sleep ? What about the robins— where do the young 
ones sleep, and where are the old ones when they 
have no little ones to care for ? 

Story:— There was once a man named Mr. 
Audubon who found out many things about birds. 
While others were sleeping in their beds, Mr. 




Providing Rest for All 69 

Audubon was out in the fields, and in the woods, 
with the lantern looking for sleeping birds. One 
night he was in a forest of Christmas trees, and 
he found the robins nestled up on the branches of 
the trees, way in by the trunk where it was warm- 
est. Another night, with his lantern, he was look- 
ing—and there they were in a hedge snug and 
warm. He found some birds asleep in little mouse- 
holes in the ground, and snow-birds asleep in a 
hole in the snowdrift. But one day Mr. Audubon 
was watching a flock of swallows flying, until sud- 
denly they were gone ! Where were they gone, 
was the question. Over the fence he went into the 
field where he last saw them. There stood a great 
old hollow tree, and he said : " I believe those swal- 
lows are in that tree; gone to bed for the night! 
We '11 see. ' ' So next day he came early and sawed 
a piece out of the old hollow tree and put a stool 
in to sit upon. At night he went into the tree with 
a dark lantern, sat on his stool, and waited. In 
came the birds like the wind and hung onto the 
tree. When all was still, he turned on his dark 
lantern— and what a sight! The tree was black 
with sleeping birds ! 

And so we know birds sleep in trees, on the 
branches, in hedges, on the ground, in snowbanks, 
and in nests under their mothers' wings. 

"How good is God our Father, who doeth all 
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70 Providing Rest for All 

Prayer: 

Father we thank Thee for the night, 
And for the pleasant morning light, 
For rest and food and loving care 
And all that makes this world so fair. ' ' Amen. 
Song:— The lullaby may be sung by the kinder- 
gartener, and the second verse repeated by the chil- 
dren. 

Eeview the song, " God's "Work," found in 
Topic I, and the Robin's Song. 




LESSON IV 

PROVIDING REST FOR ALL 
The Nightly Best of the Workman 

Memory Verse. 

As they sailed he fell asleep. Luke 8 : 23 a. 

Song. 

Play the music of the ''Bedtime Song." See next 
lesson. 

Home Work. 

Galilee, Fishing-Boat on Sea of Tiberias. 
Wilde's Bible Pictures No. 308. 

Study Material. 

"The Making of the Body," Barnett. 
"The Living Temple," Kellogg. 

Story Material. 

Mark 4. Luke 8. 

LESSON TREATMENT 

Connecting Links:— Review briefly the story of 
the birds, where they sleep. 

Preparation:— At night after a hard day's work, 
what do we all do ? We sleep. Then ask children to 
place their hands upon their hearts and feel them 
beat. How does the heart beat when we run ? When 
we lie down and keep very still ? All day long while 
we work or play the body is wearing out in places. 
Then we lie down and sleep, that the worn out 
places may be mended. When we sleep, the heart 

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beats slowly and pumps the good, red blood down 
through our limbs to the tired feet, out through the 
arms to the hands and sends the blood to all parts 
of our bodies, mending all the worn-out places. 
Morning comes, we waken and are rested, ready 
for another day's work and play. 

It was so long ago; people worked, then slept 
and awoke rested. 

Story:— We have had stories of Jesus, living 
when a boy in a little house and on a warm night 
sleeping out of doors up on the flat roof. When 
He was older He became a carpenter and repaired 
old houses and built new ones. Glad at night to 
go home and rest. 

We know that He came to be a great Teacher. 
He taught in church and people followed Him out 
of doors to hear His stories. They tell us, that one 
day, down by the lake, the people crowded upon 
Him so He stepped into a boat and pushed out 
from the shore. All that warm afternoon He sat 
in the boat, and taught the people. When evening 
was come He said, ' ' Push out into the lake. Let us 
go over to the other side. ' ' Leaving the multitude, 
they took Him even as He was. And Jesus laid 
himself down in the stern of the boat, upon a pil- 
low, and went fast asleep. 

While He slept, a great storm arose. The wind 
blew, the waves dashed into the boat and the boat 
was sinking. Then they came to Jesus crying 
"Master, awake." And He awoke, rebuked the 
wind and said unto the sea, "Peace, be still. " And 
the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 



LESSON V 

PROVIDING REST FOR ALL 
The Nightly Best of Children 

Memory Verse. 

"All are softly sleeping/' 

— Harriet L. Grove. 

Song. 

Bedtime Song. 

< ' Tick-ity-tock, Hark to the clock." 

— Harriet L. Grove. 
See "Holiday Songs/ ' by Poulsson, page 103. 

Home Work. 

Madonna, Feruzzi, Perry 11& 

Illustrative Material. 

See pictures in "Holiday Songs/' page 103. 

Study and Story Material. 

"The Making of the Body/' Barnett. 
"The Living Temple/' Kellogg. 
Bedtime song, "Holiday Songs." 

LESSON TBEATMENT 

Connecting Links:— Briefly review the work 
done by the body while sleeping, and retell rever- 
ently the story of the Lord Jesus, after a day's 
work, asleep in the boat. 

Preparation:— If a strong man needs to sleep, 
if even the Lord Jesus must sleep when tired, 

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should little children have a time to sleep ? When 
does your baby sleep? How large was the baby 
when it came? How large is it now? What did 
mother do to help the baby grow so fast ? She gave 
him plenty of food, kept him out of doors in the 
fresh air. When did he sleep? A well baby 
sleeps nights, and he also sleeps days for he grows 
so fast while he sleeps. While baby sleeps, the tiny 
heart beats, pumping the pure, red blood down into 
those little feet, and they stretch and grow. The 
heart sends the blood into arms and hands, into 
back and head, and baby grows so fast during 
these long naps and long nights, that if we go away 
for a few weeks, we hardly know our own baby 
when we come back. 

So mothers who wish their children to grow into 
strong, splendid men and women, tuck them away 
in bed very early. 

Story:— I know of a family, father, mother, 
brother Teddy, sister Mary and the baby. Down 
stairs in the hall is an old fashioned clock, saying : 
"Tickity tock," and every night at 6 o'clock 
mother rocks the baby and puts him to bed. 

At 7 o'clock mother calls Teddy to get ready 
for bed, and he is soon sleeping. When the clock 
strikes 8 o'clock, Mary is tucked away, so as to be 
happy and strong the next morning. Then the old 
clock in the hall keeps right on; "Tickity tock," 
and by nine o'clock all the children are "softly 
sleeping. ' ' 



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Song:— Repeat the words as given in the Bed- 
time song and sing with the children. 

Prayer: 

1 ' Father we thank Thee for the night, 
And for the pleasant morning light, 
For rest , and food, and loving care, 
And all that makes this world so fair. 

Help us to do the things we should, 
To be to others kind and good, 
In all we do in work or play- 
To grow more loving every day." Amen. 

Note.— The song may be used as a play, first 
rocking the baby to sleep, then for a moment, all 
softly sleeping, with closed eyes. 




LESSON VI 

PROVIDING REST FOR ALL 
The Beginning of Sabbath Best 

Memory Verse. 

Six days shalt thou do thy work, and on the seventh 
day thou shalt rest. Ex. 23: 12 a. 

Home Work 

Mumford, No. 340, or Perry, 1985. 

Study Material 

Hours with the Bible, Geikie, Vol. II. 

The Exodus and the Wanderers in the Wilderness, 

Edersheim. 

Story Material. 

Ex. 16:20. 

LESSON TEEATMENT 

Connecting Links:— Lead the children to tell of 
the time they go to bed and when the baby sleeps 
and if the baby is growing. Sing the Bedtime 
song with the rhythmic movements, rock-a-bye, and 
clock. 

Preparation .-—Question about the Sabbath day, 
how it differs from weeks days, what the children 
do on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 
Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Do the fathers and 

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mothers work in the same way on Sunday as on 
Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday? 

The Bible tells us, that long ago in the begin- 
ning when God created the Heaven and the earth, 
fathers, mothers and little children, God saw that 
it was good. And God saw that His children would 
work and grow tired so they must sleep nights. 
One day in seven they should rest from the work 
they do six days. 

Story:— There is a story of a family of children 
who for many years had been working seven days 
without rest, making brick and building great 
buildings day after day. They were tired. So tired 
that they were unhappy. 

This large family left the place where they were 
so unhappy, and one night they took their food, 
their cattle and their sheep, crossed a great lake 
or sea of water, and started upon a long journey 
into a faraway country. Many days those chil- 
dren traveled over sand and stones, among the 
hills and rocks. Sometimes hungry and thirsty 
and glad indeed to rest when they found a spring 
of water and trees, near which they could pitch 
their tents. 

Once when they were hungry, they wished they 
had never left the old country, Egypt; but when 
they awoke one morning, they tell us that they 
found a wafer of sweet bread, or manna, lying upon 
the ground with the dew. They picked up the 
manna and that was food for the day. Again, 
the next morning, the manna was upon the ground, 
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78 Providing Rest for All 

the fifth day, there was food for each day. The 
sixth day there was twice as much manna as any 
other day, but when the seventh day came, there 
was none, then they remembered that the day before 
there was enough for two days. 

All day Sunday they rested and Monday, the 
manna was again upon the ground. Through all 
that long journey the manna was upon the ground 
each morning, for six days, and they gathered 
enough upon the sixth day to last them the seventh 
day. 

So those tired children out there in their tents 
among the hills and stones, learned to rest upon the 
seventh day. 

There is a verse in the Bible that says, "Six 
days shalt thou work, and on the seventh day thou 
shalt rest." 

Let us repeat it and take it home. 






LESSON VII 

PROVIDING REST FOR ALL 
Jesus Teaching about the Sab oath Best 

Memory Verse. 

It is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day. 
Matt. 12:12 b. R. V. 

Song. 

The Lord 's Day. 

Page 7, "Primary and Junior Songs for the Sunday 
School, ,? Hofer. Clayton F. Summy, Publisher. 
Special permission. 

This is the Lord's day, 
This is the Lord's own day. 

Home Work. 

Christ Before the Doctors. Hoffman, Perry 797 G. 

Study and Story Material. 

Matt. 8: 14; 12: 9. 
Mark 1: 21. Luke 4: 31. 
"Life of Christ, " Farrar, Chapter 17. 

LESSON TREATMENT 

Connecting Links:— Allow one or two children 
to give the story of how those children out among 
the hills and rocks learned to work six days and 
rest the seventh day. Repeat the verse, ' ' Six days 
shalt thou do thy work, and on the seventh day 
thou shalt rest." 

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80 Providing Rest for All 

Preparation:— Question the children about their 
Sabbath rest. Do they feed their cat, dog or bird 
upon the Sabbath day ? Are the horses cared for ? 
If a horse or a sheep should fall into a pit on Sun- 
day, would we go to work to pull it out, or would 
we leave it there to die, just because it was Sunday? 
Jesus said, if any need help, you must help them, 
for "It is lawful to do good upon the Sabbath 
day." 

Story:— Jesus had many friends who went 
about telling of the things He did. They say that 
one Sabbath, Jesus was staying with his friend 
Peter. Peter's house was down by the lake and 
when Jesus awoke that quiet Sabbath, He looked 
out upon the water. 

Up on a hill was a marble church or temple 
and that Sabbath morning Jesus went to church, as 
his custom was. In the church, He was a teacher— 
so good a teacher, that the people crowded to be 
near Him. A miserable man came into the church, 
and Jesus looking at him, said, "Hold thy peace/' 
and the man became quiet and peaceful, well and 
strong. 

From the church, Jesus went home with Peter 
and they found Peter's mother sick. Straightway 
they told Him of her, and He came, took her by 
the hand and raised her up, and the fever left her 
and she arose and busied herself about the house. 

How quiet it was in that little house by the 
lake that Sabbath afternoon while Jesus and the 
family were resting, but at evening as the great 
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What did He see coming up the street? Men and 
women bringing their sick fathers and mothers, 
children and friends to Him to be made well. All 
the city seemed coming to Peter's door, and He 
laid His hands upon every one of them until all 
was quiet, and the people went back to their homes 
hushed and well, strong and glad, for they had 
been with Jesus. 

That night Jesus slept, but in the morning a 
great while before day, He rose up and went out 
of the house into a quiet resting place far from 
people, and there prayed, for He too, must rest and 
pray, as well as work. 

That is the story of just one of the Sabbaths 
when Jesus rested and did good upon the Sabbath 
day. 

Let us repeat His own words. 

"It is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day." 

Prayer: 

Help us to do the things we should 
To be to others kind and good, 
In all we do in work or play 
To grow more loving every day. 
For Jesus' sake. Amen. 



LESSON VIII 

PROVIDING REST FOR ALL 
Beview 

Memory Verses. 

The whole earth is at rest and is quiet. Zech. 1: 11. 

As they sailed he fell asleep. Luke 8: 23 a. 

Six days shalt thou do thy work, and on £he seventh 

day thou shalt rest. Ex. 23: 12 a. 

It is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day. Matt. 

12: 12 b. E. V. 

"All are softly sleep rug." Harriet L. Grove. 

Prayer. 

Father we thank Thee for the night, 
And for the pleasant morning light, 
For rest and food and loving care 
And all that makes this world so fair. 

Help us to do the things we should 

To be to others kind and good, 

In all we do in work or play 

To grow more loving every day. Amen. 

A MOENING PEAYEB 

Page 9, "Kindergarten Chimes," Kate Douglass Wig- 
gin. Used by special permission from Oliver Ditson 
and Co., Publishers. 

Songs. 

Waiting To Grow, page 20 "Song Echoes," Harriet 
Jenks and Mabel Eust. Oliver Ditson, Publishers. 
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Providing Rest for All 83 

Bye, Baby Bye, page 78, ' ' Song Stories for the Kin- 
dergarten. ' ' Hill. Clayton F. Summy and Co., Pub- 
lishers. 

Bedtime Song, page 103, "Holiday Songs' ' Poulsson. 
The Lord's Day, page 7, "Primary and Junior Songs 
for the Sunday School, Mari E. Hofer. 

Home Work. 

Choice of pictures by the children as in Topic 1. 

Illustrative Material. 

Branches of trees, seeds, bulb3, cocoons and pictures 
of animals that hibernate. 

LESSON TEE AT MEN T 

Briefly recall the lessons on Nature's Rest, the 
sleeping buds, seeds, animals rest. 

Man's rest, the night when "All are softly 
sleeping. ' ' 

Sabbath rest, then allow the children to choose 
the story they wish retold. 

Sing the lullaby songs and close with a prayer 
of gratitude for rest. 

Father we thank Thee for the night 
And for the pleasant morning light, 
For rest and food and loving care 
And all that makes this world so fair. 

Desired Results:— May there come into the 
lives of the little ones a sense of peace and quiet- 
ness, a resting in God's love by day and by night. 
May there be aroused a feeling of reverence for 
"The temple not made with hands/ ' and a desire 
to keep it pure. 



LESSON I 

PROVIDING PLEASURE FOR ALL 
Pleasure through Light 

Memory Verse. 

He made the sun to rule by day: .... 

The moon and stars to rule by night. Ps. 136 : 8a, 9a. 

Song. 

The Little Window, page 229, " Songs and Music of 
Froebel's Mother Play" Blow. D. Appleton, Publisher. 
Special permission. 

Peek-a-boo, peek-a-boo light, 
Shining so clear through my window bright, 
Down from the sky, softly you fly, 
Peek-a-boo beautiful light, beautiful light. 
Peek-a-boo beautiful, beautiful light. 

Peek-a-boo, peek-a-boo light, 
Making the fields and meadows so bright, 
Flowers in the grass smile as you pass, 
Peek-a-boo light, beautiful light, 
Peek-a-boo beautiful, beautiful light. 

Home Work. 

Sun Eising in a Mist, Turner, Perry 885 B. 

Illustrative Material. 

Blackboard, draw a picture of the sun. Allow the chil- 
dren to draw pictures of the sun, houses with windows 
and doors through which the light enters. 

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Study Material. 

The " Light Songs" in FroebeFs Mother Play. 

Story Material. 

Eeview the Creation Story, Lesson 1, Topic 1. 

I Samuel 16; Psalms 8, and 19. 

1 ' The Life of David as Reflected in the Psalms/' } Mac- 

laren. 

LESSON TEE AT MEN T 

Connecting Links:— Return to the Creation 
Story and tell the first part, when all was clouds 
and darkness, then sky and water, land and rocks. 
Was that world of darkness, a pleasant place to 
live ? What did God do to take away the darkness ? 
He said : ' ' Let there be light ' ' and there was light. 

He made the sun to shine by day and the moon 
and stars to shine by night. 

Preparation:— Have you ever been in the dark? 
Have you been out of doors on a dark night when 
there was no moon nor stars to give light? 

Story:— There was once a boy whose brothers 
went off to war in the king's army. This boy, 
David, was the youngest and stayed at home to 
help his father. David took care of his father's 
sheep. It was he who led them into green pastures, 
where there was plenty of food. It was he who 
led them when thirsty, beside the still waters. 
Many a day David led the sheep out on the hills, 
too far from home to return at night, an.d then 
David would stay out all night and watch that no 
harm came to his sheep while they were asleep. 

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86 Providing Pleasure for All 

the stars were shining, and they made him glad 
with their light and their beauty. But it was the 
morning for which David waited and longed. When 
the great sun came up red and glorious in the east, 
flooding the earth with light, David stood up and 
shouted for joy, and sang a song: "The Heavens 
declare the glory of God." 

So night after night, David, out in the darkness, 
sang for joy when the stars came out, and when the 
great sun came up in the morning bringing light 
to the earth. 

Song:— Develop song with the blackboard draw- 
ings, then use finger-play making the windows with 
fingers crossed, for the light to shine through. 
Eepeat words, "Peek-a-boo ? peek-a-boo light." 



LESSON II 

PROVIDING PLEASURE FOR ALL 
Pleasure through Color 

Memory Verse. 

Who giveth us richly all things to enjoy. II Tim. 6:17. 

He made the sun to rule by day: .... 

The moon and stars to rule by night. Ps. 136: 8a, 9a. 

Home Work. 

Mumford's Mountain Laurel, No. 415. 

Ask the children to bring some beautiful bit of color* 

as a flower, shell, stone for next Sunday. 

Illustrative Material. 

Hang a prism in the sunshine for the prismatic colors. 
Bring colored stones, gems, flowers, fruit, feathers. 
Bathe the children in color, play with it, catching the 
sunbeams or trying to catch them. 

Study Material. 

"The Light Bird" FroebePs Mother Play. 
Genesis 8th, 9th Chapters, Story of Noah and the rain- 
bow. 

Story Material. 

Creation Story, See Lesson 3, Topic 1. 

LESSON TREATMENT 

Connecting Links:— Review briefly the story of 
David out upon the hills in the darkness of night, 
his joy when a star peeped out, his song of gladness 
when the sun came up in the morning. 

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Preparation:— The children may try to close 
their eyes and think of a place where all is black- 
ness, not a green tree, not a flower, no blue sky. 
Would they like to live in such a world? 

Sense Game:— Blindfold a child and bring out 
colored objects, let the child name the object by 
sense of touch, then open eyes to get the color. 
Use illustrative material. 

Story:— Repeat the Creation story. This seems 
a fitting review sealing the year's work. 

Slowly tell the Creation Story, until God said, 
"Let there be light," and then there was color, 
sunshine, and blue sky. But God said, The world 
can be more beautiful. I will cover the brown 
earth with green grass, the trees with moss and 
leaves. Flowers of red, yellow, violet, blue, shall 
be sprinkled all over. To the fish and birds He 
gave colors and even to the insects. "And God 
saw that it was good," a beautiful place for mothers 
and fathers and little children to live. 

Prayer:— Shall we thank Him to-day 
"For this new morning with its light?" 

Song:— The peek-a-boo song. 

Allow one child at a time to try to catch the 
sunbeams and bring them to you. 



LESSON III 

PROVIDING PLEASURE FOR ALL 
Pleasure through Music 

Memory Verse, 

"Who giveth us richly all things to enjoy. " II Timo- 
thy 6: 17. 

Song. 

Eeview the songs of the year. 

Illustrative Material. 

Musical instruments; a music box, triangle, violin or 

piano. 

The human voice. Listen to the wind, insects, running 

water, birds. 

Home Work. 

Mumford's Bluebirds, No. 21. 

Ask the children to listen for music and tell us about 

it next Sunday. 

Study Material. 

Browning's Saul. 

Story Material. 

I Samuel, 16. Psalms 23, and 29. 

"The Life of David as Eeflected in the Psalms, " 

Maclaren. 

LESSON T BE AT MEN 2 

Connecting Links:— Call the children one by 
one to show some of the colored objects they have 

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brought. Eeview briefly the thought of God's love 
expressed in filling the world with beauty for us 
to enjoy. 

Preparation:— Light and color give us pleasure 
but there is something else that God in the begin- 
ning thought of to make us glad, something we can 
not handle, or touch or see. Blindfold a child and 
play the piano softly, what do you hear? Blind- 
fold another child and play the violin, a music-box, 
a triangle. Let a child sing a song, or have some 
good singer sing for the class. Then open window 
and listen for the out-of-door music, the wind, or 
the rain, singing birds, or bees humming. Ques- 
tion, would the children like to have lived in that 
long ago time before there was light, color or music ? 
No, so God waited until it was finished and saw 
that "it was good." The world full of light, color, 
music. Then He gave us eyes to see and ears to 
hear. 

Story:— The boy David had eyes to see the light, 
and color and he had ears to hear the music. For 
those days when he was out upon the hills caring 
for the sheep, he listened to the wind. One day a 
storm came up. David was far from home, so he 
called his sheep to him under a rock or big stone 
that made a roof, coming out from the hillside. 
There, while under the rock, with the sheep hud- 
dled close about him, he looked out and saw the 
rain coming down and the lightning flash. Then 
he listened, while the thunder rolled, and the wind 
blew, breaking down the trees. But it was all 
music to David, and he sang out "Hark, 'tis the 



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voice of God. ' ' God speaking in the rain, and the 
wind, and the thunder. 

After a while David made a harp and played 
upon the harp and sang his own sweet songs, while 
the sheep were quietly feeding or sleeping. So 
David made music, and enjoyed music in God's 
beautiful world, He knew that God "giveth us 
richly all things to enjoy.' ' 

Let us say it together, God "giveth us richly 
all things to enjoy." Let the children name the 
things they enjoy and would like to thank Him for. 

Prayer: 

For everything His goodness sends 
We thank the Heavenly Father. 

Songs:— Sing 

"All things bright and beautiful 
All things great and small, 
All things wise and wonderful 
Our Father made them all. 

Allow the children to choose songs and sing 
them with the soloist for the day or with a violin 
softly played. Make this a musical day long to be 
remembered by the little folks, for He "giveth us 
richly all things to enjoy." 



LESSON IV 

PROVIDING PLEASURE FOR ALL 
Pleasure through Activity . . Service 

Memory Verse. 

Therefore my heart is glad. Psalms 16: 9 a. 

Songs. 

Eeview. 

The "Good Shepherd' ' Christmas song, and other 

songs. 

Home Work. 

David the Shepherd, Elizabeth Gardener (Mme. Bou- 
guereau). Perry, No. 438. 

Story Material. 

"The Song of the Syrian Guest.' ' William Allen 
Knight. 

LESSON TEE AT ME NT 

Connecting Links:— het us repeat together our 
verse (God) Who "giveth us richly all things to 
enjoy." Lead the children to name the things they 
have enjoyed the past week, the moon or starlight, 
sunshine ; a beautifully colored bird, insect, flower, 
stone, music of the birds, insects, wind or rain, 
mother's song, or musical instruments. 

Preparation:— There is another kind of pleas- 
ure of which we may learn to-day. 

Show me something you like to do. Let a child 
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express himself by some activity, as running, flying 
like a bird or butterfly. Then add to mere activity 
the joy of motion for a purpose, a service, as, 
1 ' John, will you bring me my purse ? ' ' Who likes 
to gather the pennies? To pick up mother's hand- 
kerchief? We like to do these things because it is 
helping or serving. 

There was once a boy who sang "My heart is 
glad" because there were so many things he could 
do to help. It was our friend David. 

Story:— David, you know, was the smallest boy 
in that large family. His brothers could go off to 
be soldiers but David's father said, "You are the 
youngest and must stay at home and help me." 
So David went out on those quiet hills with the 
sheep. He chose green pastures where there was 
plenty of grass and a good place for the sheep to 
rest. When the sheep were thirsty, he led them 
down beside the still waters. Sometimes it was to 
cisterns of water and often he drew the water up 
out of the cisterns for the sheep to drink. 

Then David must never let his sheep stray off 
and wander into other people's fields. If he did, 
he would lose his sheep for they would be kept by 
the people who owned the fields. So he led the 
sheep in right paths, away from dangerous preci- 
pices. If too near the edge of a precipice and in 
danger of falling over and down, down, down, 
many feet, the shepherd boy called "Ta-a-a, 
Ho-o-o, ' ' and back would come the sheep, cuddling 
close beside their shepherd for comfort. 

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94 Providing Pleasure for All 

came to lead the sheep into fresh pastures. Often 
he would go ahead, look all about in the grass to 
see if there were poisonous plants. Then too, with 
his rod he would poke about looking for holes. 
Snake holes were dangerous. If lions and wolves 
had dens near by, they must be closed up. So the 
shepherd boy was busy preparing a table or new 
pasture for his sheep. 

After such a busy day, David stands at the 
door of the sheepfold, and the sheep one at a time 
pass under his rod and he looks at each sheep before 
it enters the fold for the night. He has a horn 
filled with oil and a cup of cedar-tar. One lame 
sheep he bathes and carefully rubs. Another has 
walked too far and the shepherd boy bathes his 
face, pours oil upon his head, then gives him a 
drink from a cup brimming full of cold water. 

It is when all this service is ended and David 
sits alone under the starry sky that he sings ' ' There- 
fore my heart is glad," glad because he can serve. 

Prayer:— Let us ask God to "Help us to do the 
things we should.' ' 



LESSON V 

PROVIDING PLEASURE FOR ALL 
Pleasure through Activity — Service 

Memory Verse. 

Serve. .. .with gladness. Psalm 100:2. 

Song. 

Review of the songs of the year. 

Home Work. 

Cloister Boys, Anderson. Perry No. 1016. 

Story Material. 

I Samuel 16: 14-23 and 17: 15. 

LESSON T BE AT MEN T 

Connecting Links:— "Review the story of David's 
service to his father's sheep, the drawing of 
water, going before and preparing a new pasture, 
the care of each sheep upon entering the fold at 
night. This service gave David pleasure, the best 
kind of happiness. 

Preparation:— There was more work for David 
to do than just caring for the sheep. There were 
men who needed David's help. 

Story:— Away off there in the king's army 
where David's brothers were soldiers, the people 
heard of David taking care of his father's sheep. 

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They heard of his harp and the songs he sang while 
playing his harp. 

Now Saul, the king, fell sick. He was not only 
sick but he was miserable and unhappy, and his 
servant said, "Music would do you good. There 
is a boy, David by name, strong and happy, who 
plays and sings and makes sweet music. ' ' So Saul 
sent a messenger to Jesse saying, ' ' Send me David 
thy son, who is with the sheep" .... "And David 
came to Saul and stood before him and Saul 
loved him greatly.' ' When Saul was miserable 
and unhappy "David took the harp and played 
with his hands," so Saul was refreshed and was 
well. "Now David went to and fro from Saul to 
feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem. So David 
served with gladness both his father and the king. 
Let us say the verse that David himself loved. 
"Serve with gladness." 

Prayer:— Let us ask God to help us to do the 
things we should. 



LESSON VI 

PROVIDING PLEASURE FOR ALL 
Thanksgiving for these Things: — Shelter, Best, Pleasure 

Memory Verse. 

Serve the Lord with gladness, be thankful unto Him. 
Psalm 100: 2, 4 b. 

Songs. 

Keview 

Home Work. 

Infant St. John, Wilde, 419a; Perry, 689. 

Study Material. 

"A Festal Anthem " Psalms 145-150. The Psalms, 
Moulton's il Modern Bible Header. " 

Story Material. 

"Wee Gibbie. M George Macdonald. 

LESSON TREATMENT 

Connecting Links:— Review briefly the story of 
David, the pleasure he received from light, music, 
service for his father and for King Saul. 

Preparation:— Question the children about their 
pleasures. In what place do they rest and sleep? 
Where do they work? Where do we have most of 
our good times ? Do the children know of any child 
without a home? There is a story of a little boy 
without a home and how he found one. Would 
you like it? 

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Story:— Once upon a time a little boy named 
Gibbie, lived in a great city. He was ragged and 
barefoot, and the only home he had was the streets 
of a city, where he trotted back and forth all day, 
and at night slept curled up in some dark corner. 
Everybody knew Gibbie, and the policemen called 
him Wee Gibbie, he was so small. If a lady 
dropped her purse, it was Wee Gibbie who often 
saw it first, and picked it up and gave it back to 
the lady, or to the policeman. 

One day Wee Gibbie said, "I'll go to the coun- 
try and find a home. I want a home like other 
people.' ' So off he trotted, across a bridge, and 
soon found himself in the real country, picking 
daisies and buttercups. That night he slept in the 
clover-field, with the starry sky for a roof. Next 
day, on, on up the hills he went, the second night 
sleeping in a dog-kennel, beside a warm, shaggy 
dog. 

The next day Wee Gibbie came to a stream of 
water flowing down a hill. "Ill find where the 
water comes from," he said. So up the steep hills 
he climbed, until he was so tired and hungry he 
could hardly take another step. "Oh, but there 
is a house, a wee, little house ! ' ' and he crawled up 
to the step, and fairly fell into the door." Janet, 
the good mother, gathered the poor child in her 
arms, fed him bread and milk; then she washed 
him so tenderly, and put him to bed. It was the 
best place Wee Gibbie had ever found— too good to 
be true. When he woke up, there by the fire sat the 
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while a big watch-dog stood by her side, wagging his 
tail, for the dog had brought the lamb home to 
Janet. 

Eobert, the father, worked all day out on the 
hills, watching the sheep, and it was not long before 
Wee Gibbie was out on the hills to help Robert. If 
a sheep were lost, it was Wee Gibbie 's strong little 
feet that ran and brought it back. It was Wee 
Gibbie who fed the sheep and brought them home 
safely at night. So Wee Gibbie served with glad- 
ness, and was thankful all the day. 

Prayer:— For what have we to be thankful? 
Lead the children to express themselves.— 

"For this new morning with its light, 
For rest and shelter of the night, 
We thank the Heavenly Father. 
For health and food, for love and friends, 
And everything his Goodness sends, 
We thank the Heavenly Father. 

Help us to do the things we should, 

To be to others kind and good, 

In all we do in work or play 

To grow more loving every day. Amen. 



LESSON VII 

PROVIDING PLEASURE FOR ALL 
Beview 

Memory Verses. 

He made the sun to rule by day: .... 

The moon and stars to rule by night. Ps. 136: 8a, 9a. 

Who giveth us richly all things to enjoy. II Timothy 

6: 17. 

Therefore my heart is glad. Ps. 16 : 9 a. 

Serve with gladness. Ps. 100: 2. 

Songs. 

The Little Window, page 229. 
il Songs and Music of FroebePs Mother Play." 
Beview the songs of the year. 

Home Work. 

The choice of pictures. 

Illustrative Material. 

Allow the children to play with the colored objects 

collected during this topic. Try to catch the prismatic 

colors. 

Choice of music and songs. 

LESSON TEE AT MEN T 

As the children are gathering, allow them 
to enjoy the beautiful objects brought for this 
topic's work. Then gather about the piano for a 
short concert, using different ;musical instruments, 

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perhaps in sense games, and give an opportunity 
to choose songs of the year. 

Question for stories of service, things the chil- 
dren may have seen people doing for others, simple 
acts of every day life. 

Close with the prayer: 
"Help us to do the things we should, 
To be to others kind and good, 
In all we do in work or play 
To grow more loving every day." 

Desired Results:— A richness and fullness of 
life, in pleasure and service. 



LESSON I 
THANKSGIVING 

Memory Verse. 

Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. 
Hallelujah. Psalms 150: 6. 



Song. 



'Praise Him, praise Him, 
All ye little children 
God is love, God is love." 



Home Work. 

Foundling Girls. Anderson. Perry, 1017. 

Story Material. 

Psalms 105-150. "Psalms and Lamentations, ' ' Moul- 
ton. Making others thankful. " Little Men and 
Women. " Kindergarten Eeview, Nov., 1907. By special 
permission. 

LESSON TEE AT MEN T 

Connecting Links:— 'Review briefly the lessons 
the class may have had, God the creator, providing 
food, drink, shelter or clothing. 

Preparation:— Question the children about the 
things in this great out-of-door world they like to 
play with, look at, listen to. 

Story:— Long ago the people lived much of the 
time out of doors. They loved the sun and moon, 
the stars, the blue sky or "Heaven of Heavens." 

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Sometimes, on Sunday, or Thanksgiving day, 
they formed a procession and marched through the 
streets, up the hill to a great church or temple. 
They had music as they marched, and music in the 
temple. Sometimes there would be a chorus of men 
singing one part of the song, and another chorus 
of men answering them. They sang about the 
stars, the sun and moon and about God who made 
them all. It was a song of praise or thanks to God. 
"Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. 
Hallelujah." 

Praise the Lord, sun and moon, 

Praise the Lord, all ye stars, 

Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. 

Hallelujah. 

Shall we repeat their song? Repeat together. 

Our Thanksgiving day is coming this week. 
How can we have a happy Thanksgiving day? 
The children may tell how they are to keep the 
day. 

There was once an old gentleman who said, 

"On a Thanksgiving day, 

If you want a good time, then give something 
away. ' ' 

Would you like the story how he made a good 
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104 Thanksgiving 

MAKING OTHERS HAPPY 

Said old gentleman Gay, "On a Thanksgiving day, 

If you want a good time, then give something away," 

So he sent a fat turkey to Shoemaker Price, 

And the shoemaker said, "What a big bird, How nice." 

And since such a good dinner's before me I ought 

To give Widow Lee the small chicken I bought." 

"This fine chicken, oh, see," said the pleased Widow Lee, 

"And the kindness that sent it, how precious to me. 

I would like to make some one as happy as I — 

I'll give Washwoman Biddy my big pumpkin pie." 

' ' And, oh, sure, ' * Biddy said, ' c 'tis the queen of all pies. 

Just to look at its yellow face gladdens my eyes. 

Now, it's my turn, I think, and a sweet ginger cake 

For motherless Finigan children I'll bake." 

Said the Finigan children — Rose, Denny, and Hugh — 

"It smells sweet of spice, and we'll carry a slice 

To poor, little, lame Jake, who has nothing that's nice." 

"Oh, I thank you, and thank you," said little lame Jake, 

Oh, what a bootiful, bootiful, bootiful cake. 

And, oh, such a big slice. I will save all the crumbs, 

And will give them to each little sparrow that comes." 

And the sparrows they twittered, as if they would say, 

Like old gentleman Gay, "On a Thanksgiving day, 

If you want a good time, then give something away." 

"Little Men and Women." See Kindergarten Review, 
Nov., 1907. By permission. 



LESSON I 

CHBISTMAS 

GOD THE LOVING GIVER OF A FRIEND AND HELPER 

Shepherd Life. David the Shepherd Boy 

Memory Verse and Song. 

The little lambs who follow 

Their shepherd in the way, 

Are free from every danger 

And happy all the day, 

And when the darkness comes at night, 

Safe in the fold are they. 

The Good Shepherd. "Primary and Junior Songs for 
the Sunday-School. [ ' Mari E. Hofer, page 30. Clay- 
ton F. Summy, Publisher. By special permission. 

Home Work. 

Divine Shepherd, Murillo. Perry, 683. 

Study Material. 

"The Life of David as Eeflected in the Psalms.' > 

Maclaren. 
"The Syrian Shepherd.' ' 

Story Material. 

I Samuel 16. Psalms 19, 8, 29, 23. 

LESSON TEE AT MEN T 

Connecting Links:— 'We have had stories of how 
"God in the beginning created the Heavens 

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and the earth." Now, if you listen, we will have 
some stories of how the world was made better and 
happier by a little child who came to "teach all 
people how to help and how to love. ' ' 

Preparation:— To-day our story is of a boy who 
helped at home. Show the picture of the child and 
the lamb. What does this boy seem to be doing? 
How do shepherds care for their sheep— what must 
they do for the sheep if the sheep are to live and 
be strong? 

Story:— Long ago there was a boy who was 
busy sometimes nights and sometimes days taking 
care of his father 's sheep. He was a bright, happy 
little fellow. In the morning he led the sheep out 
into the fields, into green pastures where there was 
plenty of food. At noon they were thirsty and he 
led them down by the still waters to drink. When 
the grass was eaten in one pasture, this shepherd- 
boy led them by a straight path into fresh fields. 
The shepherd-boy's name was David and he was 
full of fun and play. While the sheep were quietly 
feeding, he was running, jumping, leaping across 
the brook. Sometimes he picked up the smooth 
pebbles or stones from the bottom of the brook, and 
threw them to see how far he could throw, or to see 
if he could hit a tree. 

One day David took a piece of leather, cut a 
hole in the leather, fitted a stone into it and with a 
string tied to the leather he began to hurl it round 
and round, until out flew the stone and hit the mark. 
Then David tried another and another stone, until 
he learned to hit a mark almost every time. 



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Once David was leading the sheep up a steep, 
rocky path and a great thunder and wind storm 
arose. David hurried along until he came to a big 
stone that projected out over the path and under 
that stone he crept, with his sheep huddled about 
him, safe from the storm. But David looked out 
and saw the trees blowing, the branches whirling 
about on the ground. The rain came down, the 
lightning flashed and the thunder rolled. All the 
time David was glad and sang 

"Hark, it is the voice of God, 
The voice of God thundereth. ' ' 

Sometimes David and the sheep would stray 
far from home and stay out on the hills all night, 
David watching that no harm came to the sheep. 

Late one night, when all was still, and the sheep 
were sleeping, David saw a lion creep out of the 
woods and up the hill after his sheep. Then David 
leaped up, his sling at his side. He was ready, 
and as the lion came near he hurled his stone, 
Whiz, it went. The lion was dead and the sheep 
were safe. 

Another night a great bear came after the sheep 
and David rose up against him and killed the bear. 

So it was that night and day out upon the hills 
David cared for and saved his father's sheep. 

Prayer: 

Help us to do the things we should, 

To be to others kind and good 

In all we do in work or play 

To grow more loving every day. Amen. 



LESSON II 

CHEISTMAS 

GOD THE LOVING GIVER OF A FRIEND AND HELPER 

Story of the First Christmas Night 

Memory Verse and Song. 

Away in a manger, no crib for a bed, 
The little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head. 
The stars in the heaven looked down where He lay, 
The little Lord Jesus, asleep on the hay. 

The cattle are lowing, the baby awakes, 

But little Lord Jesus, no crying He makes. 

I love Thee, Lord Jesus, look down from the sky, 

And stay by my cradle till morning is nigh. 

— Martin Luther. 

Cradle Hymn, Martin Luther, Page 41, "Primary and 
Junior Songs for the Sunday School,'' Mari Hofer. 
Clayton F. Summy, Publisher. By special permission. 

Home Work. 

Arrival of the Shepherds, Le Eolle. Perry 620. 

Study Material. 

"The Life of Christ," Farrar, Chapter I. 

Story Material. 

Luke 2:8-17. 

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Christmas 109 

LESSON PRESENTATION 

Connecting Links:— Retell the story of David 
caring for the sheep. 

Preparation:— -Without further preparation tell 
the story. 

Story:— Long ago out on the hills where David 
had watched his sheep, shepherds were watching 
their sheep by night. All was still. The children 
were asleep and only the stars were shining. 

Suddenly there shone round about them a 
bright light, so bright that the shepherds were sore 
afraid. Then came a soft voice saying "Fear not, 
for behold I bring you glad tidings of great joy." 
That is, good news to all people, and the glad tid- 
ings are, that yonder in the city of David this very 
night, a child is born. 

"It is true, ' ' said the voice, * e and you will find 
the child if you look for him." Then there were 
heard many voices singing: "Glory to God in the 
highest, and on earth peace, good will toward 
men. ' ' 

The shepherds heard and listened to the music : 
"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, 
good will toward men." And it came to pass as 
the light was gone and the music ceased, that the 
shepherds said: "Let us go and find this baby, this 
wonderful child." So they left their sheep and 
went with haste down the hill, across the valley, up 
into the little city. Through the streets they wan- 
dered, looking for the baby, but they found him 
not in any house. 



110 Christmas 

At last "Away in a manger, no crib for a bed" 
where the sheep and oxen were, there they found 
the "Little Lord Jesus." 

Then the shepherds sang praises and returned 
to their homes, telling their friends and their chil- 
dren all they had seen and heard, and of the Little 
Lord Jesus whom they had found. 

That was the first Christmas night, the birth- 
day of the Lord Jesus. Since then we have been 
telling the story of the First Christmas Night and 
children and grown people who hear the story have 
a Christmas day. 

Prayer. 



LESSON III 

CHRISTMAS 
The Christ-Child Legend 

Memory Verse and Song. 

"The Cradle Hymn," Luther. 

Home Work. 

Sistine Madonna, Kaphael. Perry 322. 

Study Material. 

The Christ Child, "Christ Child Tales," Andrea Hofer. 
Hofer. 

LESSON PRESENTATION 

Connecting Links:— The story of last lesson will 
be retold at the close of this lesson. 

Preparation:— To-day we will have a story of 
how one Christmas night two children shared their 
home with a little barefooted boy. 

Story:— In a faraway country, one Christmas 
night, a barefoot child was wandering through the 
streets of a great city. It was cold. The wind was 
blowing, and the snow came down in tiny flakes. 
All were hurrying home with packages in their 
hands. 

House after house the little child passed, say- 
ing c< surely some one will share their Christmas 
with me." There was music in one of the great 
houses. The child stopped to listen. Through the 

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112 Christmas 

window he saw children playing about a Christ- 
mas-tree, and children singing and dancing. ' ' Sure- 
ly" said the child " there is room in that great 
house for me.". Up the marble steps he climbed 
and rang the bell. A tall footman opened the door, 
but when he saw the child he shook his head and 
said, ' ' Go away, little boy, there is no room for you 
here" but he was sorry for he thought of his own 
children at home safe with their mother. 

On, and on, the child wandered. It seemed 
colder than ever. He came into a street not quite 
so broad, the houses not quite so large. Soon he 
stopped, for there in the window was a Christmas- 
tree, with a white woolly lamb on the top. Right 
in the window it stood and a little girl was playing 
near it. "Surely," said the child, "they will share 
their Christmas with me here, " so he tapped gently 
upon the window. The little girl came to the win- 
dow but when she saw the child, she shook her head 
and said, "Go away little boy, come again some 
other day. We have no time for you to-night. ' ' 

Sadly the child turned away. "Will no one 
share their Christmas with me?" he said. Only a 
few people were now left in the street and they 
were hurrying home to their children. 

On and on the child walked, until he came to a 
narrow street and straight ahead, at the end of the 
street stood a house. Through the window the 
child saw that all the Christmas-tree they had was 
a little branch standing in a cup, beside a burning 
candle. In front of the fire, sat a mother with her 
baby upon her lap. A little girl played upon the 



Christmas 113 

floor. " Surely' ' said the child, "they will share 
their Christmas with me here/' so he tapped softly 
upon the door. ' 'Mother' ' said the little girl, 
i l some one is knocking at the door, shall I open it ? ' ' 
"Yes," said the mother, "no one must be left out 
in the cold on this our glad Christmas night. ' ' So 
the girl opened the door and there stood the child. 
Then she reached out her hands and drew the child 
into the warmth and the light. The baby slipped 
off his mother's lap, and the mother took the child 
in her arms, and warmed him, and fed him and 
clothed him. 

Then when they were all happy together the 
mother said, "Children, would you like me to tell 
you the real story of the first Christmas night ? ' ' 

Then she told them that story we all know, the 
story of the shepherds who were watching their 
sheep by night, when suddenly there was a bright 
light, and the shepherds were sore afraid and they 
heard a sweet voice say "Fear not, for behold I 
bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be 
to all people, for unto you is born this day in yon- 
der city a child, He has come to show all peo- 
ple how to help and how to love." That is the 
good tidings. 

Then there were many voices singing 

" Glory to God in the highest 
And on earth peace, good will unto men." 

When the music had ceased and it was again 
dark the shepherds said, "Let us go up to the city 
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114 Christmas 

and find this child that is born to-night.' 9 So they 
left their sheep and went down the hill, across the 
valley and up into the city. Through the streets 
they wandered looking for the baby, but they 
found Him not in any house. At last i l Away in a 
manger, no crib for a bed," they found the little 
Lord Jesus with Mary, His mother. 

When the mother in the little room before the 
fire had finished telling the story, behold the child 
was gone, but she said, "Children, I believe we 
have had the Christ Child with us to-night." 



LESSON I 

EASTEB 
Nature's Awakening 



Memory Verse. 



"Father of all, below, above, 

We thank Thee, for thy love,'' 

The seeds, the bulbs, the lilies fair, 
"Tell of thy loving care." Amen. 

Adapted. Thanks for Daily Blessings, page 17. ' ' Song 
Stories For the Kindergarten, f ' Hill. By special per- 
mission of Clayton F. Summy, Publisher. 

Song. 

Nature's Easter Song. "Song Stories for the Kin- 
dergarten/ ' Hill. Permission of Clayton F. Summy, 
Publisher. 

The seeds and flowers are sleeping sound, 

Till Easter time, till Easter time, 

And then they rise above the ground, 

At happy Easter time, 

And as they rise from sleep they say, 

That we shall wake some day, 

(Or that we shall live alway). 

Home Work. 

Easter Lily, Mumford, No. 506. 

Illustrative Material. 

Bulbs planted by the children. In the autumn, plant 

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116 Easter 

with the children in jars, a few crocus, or daffodil 
bulbs and put in a dark place to rest. Bring them into 
the sunshine in January or February and watch them 
grow. Use these for the lesson. Also an Easter lily 
if possible. 

Study Material. 

John 12: 24. I Cor. 15: 55-57. 

LESSON TEEATMENT 

Preparation:— het the children tell of the glad 
Easter day that is coming, and of its pleasures 
and gifts. 

Look at the Easter lily, and note its fragrance. 

Bring into the class the bulbs planted by the 
children in the fall. We remember the hard little 
seed or bulb that we put into the ground or earth. 
What has happened to the bulb down there in the 
earth? It has grown soft and fallen to pieces, as 
the flower comes out. 

William, what was in the bulb, to make it grow ? 
Yes there was life in the bulb, that we could not 
see, but it was there, and we see it now, coming 
forth, in stem, leaf, flower. 

Story:— Here is the Easter lily. Not long ago, 
a gardener placed a bulb in this jar. It rested in 
the dark many days, and then was brought into 
the sunshine and given plenty of water. What 
happened? We see this lily, we smell its odor. 
How did this lily plant come to live? Not until 
the bulb in the earth died, as we call it, did we 



Easter 117 

have the lily. It was then that the glorious life in 
all its beauty came forth, leaf, bud, flower. 

Once there were two little girls who played in 
a kindergarten every day. They planted bulbs and 
helped to carry them into a dark place to rest. One 
day Margaret was sick and could not come to kin- 
dergarten. In a few days people said, "Margaret 
is dead," but they only meant that her little body 
had died. Like the lily bulb it had been laid away, 
and the glorious life of Margaret had gone home 
to live and grow and blossom unto a perfect life 
with God. We say "Margaret has had another 
birthday, a birthday into God's home that was 
ready for her. ' ' 

Mary Maude knew that sister had gone home, 
and sometimes she wanted to be with sister. Now 
they send us word that Mary Maude has gone too. 
The little body we shall not see again, but the 
glorious life of Mary Maude, the part that said 
"I love you" has gone home to live, and love, and 
be with God. She too, has had another birthday. 

It was so with Edward's father, and Wallace's 
sister. They have had another birthday, and let 
us all thank God for His love, and that we too, shall 
live alway. 

Prayer: 

"Father of all below, above, 
We thank Thee for thy love, 
The seeds, the bulbs, the lilies fair, 
Tell of Thy loving care." Amen. 



118 Easter 



Song: 



The seeds and flowers are sleeping sound, 
Till Easter time, till Easter time, 
And then they rise above the ground, 
At happy Easter time. 
And as they rise from sleep they say, 
That we shall live alway. 

Note:— This Easter lesson may be given not only 
at Easter time, but whenever the children are 
brought to face the fact of the death of the body, 
and must be led to the truth of the "Life ever- 
lasting. ' - 



LESSON II 

EASTER 
The First Easter Morning 

Memory Verse. 

He is risen, He is not here. St. Mark 16:6c. 

Home Work. 

Appearance of Christ to St. Peter, Lodovico Ligoli. 
Wilde 272. 

Illustrative Material. 

An Easter lily and bulb. 

A tuft of grass, a wild flower, a leaf branch, any life 

illustrating the spring awakening. 

Study and Story Material. 

The gospels. 
"Life of Christ/ ' Farrar. 
I Corinthians, 15. 

LESSON TEEATMENT 

Preparation:— Look at the lily bulb and note 
the care given the bulb that the life hidden away 
in the bulb may come forth and show itself to us 
in stem, leaf and flower. 

The Easter lily story may be retold or omitted. 

The Easter story is another story that we all 
like to hear. It is about the little Lord Jesus when 
he had grown to be a man. 

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120 Easter 

Story:— The Bible tells us the little Lord Jesus 
grew and waxed strong. He was gentle, and brave 
and kind. Just by a touch he made sick people 
well and by a word he made the blind to see. Peo- 
ple followed Him that they might listen to His 
stories. Mothers brought to Him their children, 
and he took their babies in his arms and blessed 
them, but the people near by said, " There is no 
room here for children." Then Jesus rose up and 
said, " Stand back, make a path, and let the chil- 
dren come to me. ' 9 And he took them in his arms 
and blessed them. 

Men, women and children loved Him and fol- 
lowed to be near Him. But there were some who 
said: This will never do. They love this man 
more than they love us. We will put him out of 
the way. And they killed his body ; but they could 
not touch or hurt the part that smiled and loved 
and helped. And then the story tells us, friends 
laid his body away in a tomb dug out of a hill, in 
one of their beautiful gardens, and a stone was care- 
fully rolled against the door of the tomb. There 
He slept, and on the first day of the week, at early 
dawn, women came into the garden and found the 
stone rolled away from the tomb, and the Lord 
Jesus was not there. While they were sore per- 
plexed, two men stood by them in dazzling apparel 
and said "He is not here, but He is risen." And 
the women left the garden and went and told His 
friends, "He is risen.' ' They could not believe 
such good news, but Peter arose and ran into the 



Easter 121 

garden and stooping looked in, and saw that the 
Lord Jesus was not there. 

That is the story of the first Easter morning, 
and since then we have had our happy Easter day 
and have sung the good news, ' ' He is risen. ' ' 

Prayer ;— Let us thank God for this glad Easter 
day. 



LESSON III 

EASTER 
God the Loving Giver of a Heavenly Home 

Memory Verse. 

I go to prepare a place for you. John 14: 2 c. 

Home Work. 

An Easter card may be given. 

Illustrative Material. 

Again use the Easter bulb and lily, or some flowering 
bulb and plant. 

Study Material. 

"Life of Christ/ ' Farrar, Chapter 62. 

Story Material. 

St. John 14 and 21. St. Mark 16. St. Luke 24. 
LESSON TEE AT ME NT 

Preparation ;— Use the lily bulb and plant, as 
in previous lessons. With the spirit of reverence 
review the story of the first Easter morning. 

Many more beautiful stories they tell of how 
glad Jesus made his friends after that first Easter 
morning. 

Story:— That very day, toward evening, two of 
his friends were walking together, and as they 
walked, Jesus drew near and went with them, tell- 
ing them Bible stories. 

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Easter 123 

Again, one morning, He was with them. The 
night before, Peter, John and others entered a 
boat and went fishing. All night long they toiled 
and took nothing. Morning came. They were tired 
and hungry. As they drew up to the shore, Jesus 
stood there by the lake. A fire was burning and 
there was fish thereon and bread. Jesus said, come 
and have breakfast, and Jesus Himself passed the 
bread and fish to His friends. There by the lake 
they sat about the fire and had a quiet visit. 

Often Jesus said, "I go to prepare a place for 
you, that where I am, there ye may be also." 

Soon He was taken to live with God, and now 
at this Easter time we are happy because He said, 
"I go to prepare a place for you. ' ' We know that 
some day we shall be with Him. 

Prayer:— Let us say thank you to God, for 
Easter and for the Heavenly home that Jesus has 
gone to prepare or make ready for us, and for all 
who love Him. 

"And the child grew, and waxed strong 
in spirit." 

May this be the Desired Result for the study 
of these lessons. 



APPENDIX 

A Complete List of Pictures Referred to in the Lessons 
under "Home Work.*' 

David the Shepherd, Elizabeth Gardener (Mme. Bouguereau) 
No. 11866. The Cosmos Picture Company, 296 Broad- 
way, New York City. (Sold, 10 for 25 cents or 50 
for $1.00). 



A Mountain Eiver, No. 340. 

Black Bear, No. 397. 

Bluebirds, No. 21. 

Brittany, No. 342. 

Easter Lily, No. 567. 

Forest, No. 273. 

Fox, No. 182 (or Perry, 106, may be used.) 

Goldfinch, No. 92. 

Grapes, No. 246. 

Home of the Sea Bird, No. 359. 

Mountain Laurel, No. 415. 

Rabbit, No. 174. 

Sheep, No. 479. 

Snow Bunting, No. 98. 

Sparrow, No. 442. 

Violet, No. 500. 

Water Lilies, No. 274. 

Whale, No. 462. 

These are the Mumford or Perry Colored Pictures, pur- 
chased of the Perry Company, Maiden, Mass., for two 
cents apiece. 



A Madonna, No. 1112. 

A Shower, Holmes, No. 616. 

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Appendix 125 

Arrival of the Shepherds, Le Eolle, No. 620. 

Can't You Talk, Holmes, No. 1063. 

Cloister Boys, Anderson, 1016. 

Divine Shepherd, Murillo, No. 681. 

Foundling Girls, Anderson, No. 1017. 

In the Temple With the Doctors, Hofmann, No. 797 G. 

Little Foxes, Carter, No. 1062. (or Mumford's colored 182, 

or use both.) 
Piper and Nutcracker, Landseer, No. 903 (or Mumford No. 

342). 
Sistine Madonna, Raphael, No. 322. 
Sun Rising in the Mist, Turner, No. 885 B. 

These may be bought of the Perry Picture Company, Mai- 
den, Mass., for 1 cent apiece, or 120 for $1.00 



Appearance of Christ to St. Peter, Lodovico Cogoli, No. 272. 
Galilee — Fishing Boat on Sea of Tiberias, No. 308. 
House of Simon the Tanner, No. 302. 
Sources of the Jordan, No. 305. 

These may be purchased from W. A. Wilde Company, 120 
Boylston Street, Boston, for 1 cent apiece. 



BOOKS BEFEBBED TO IN STUDY AND STOBY 
MATEBIAL 

Barnett, The Making of the Body. London and New York: 

Longmans. 
Basket, Story of the Bird3. New York: Appleton. 
Bennett and Adeney, A Biblical Introduction. New York: 

Whittaker. 
Blake, Winter from the Journals of Henry D. Thoreau. 

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co. 
Blow, Friedrich FroebePs Mother Play Commentaries. 

New York: D. Appleton & Co. 
Browning, Poetical Works, Saul. 



126 Appendix 

Buckley, The Fairy Land of Science. New York : D. Apple- 
ton & Co. 

Dods, Genesis. Edinburgh. T. & T. Clark. 

Edersheiin, The Exodus and Wanderers in the Wilderness. 
London: Religious Tract Society. 

Edersheini, Life and Times of the Messiah, Vol. II. 

Farrar, The Life of Christ. New York : A. L. Burt. 

Geikie, Hours With the Bible, Yol. I, II. London: Nisbit. 

Gould, Mother Nature's Children. Boston: Ginn & Co. 

Hofer, The Christ-Child Tales. Chicago: Hofer. 

Ingersoll, The Life of Animals, Mammals. New York: 
The Macmillan Co. 

Kellogg, The Living Temple. Battle Creek Sanitarium. 

Kindergarten Review, November, 1907. Springfield, Mass.: 
Milton Bradley & Co. 

Knight, The Song of the Syrian Guest. Boston: Pilgrim 
Press. 

Maclaren, Alexander, The Life of David as Reflected in the 
Psalms. London: Hodder & Stoughton. 

Miller, First Book of Birds. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & 
Co. 

Moulton. The Modern Bible Reader's Bible. New York: 
The Macmillan Co. 

Poulsson. In the Child's World. Springfield, Mass.: Milton 
Bradley & Co. 

Shaler, First Book of Geology. Boston: D. C. Heath & Co. 

Smith, The Historical Geography of the Holy Land. Lon- 
don: Hodder & Stoughton. 

Thomson, The Land and the Book. New York: Harper & 
Brothers. 

Winchell, Walks and Talks in the Geological Fields. New 
York: Chautauqua Press. 

Wood, Homes Without Hands. New York: Longmans. 



Appendix 127 

BOOKS OX CHILD STUDY AXD SIOBY TELLING 

Adler, Moral Instruction of Children. New York: D. Ap- 
pleton & Co. 

Bryant, How to Tell Stories to Children. Boston: Hough- 
ton, Mifflin ft Co. 

Du Bois, Beckoning of Little Hands. Philadelphia: 
John Wattles £ Co. 

Du Bois, The Point of Contact in Teaching. Philadelphia: 
John Wattles £ C 

Hervey, Picture Work for Children and Mothers. New 
York: Chautauqua Preaa 

Hughes, Dickens As An Educator. New York: D. Appleton 
ft Co. 

Pease, Outline Bible School Curriculum. Chicago : Uni- 
versity Press. 



MUSIC BOOKS 

Blow, The Songs and Music of Frederick Froebel's Mother 

Play. New York: D. Appleton ft Co. 
Hill, Song Stories for the Kindergarten, Chicago : Clayton 

F. Summy ft Co. 
Hofer, Primary and Junior Songs for the Sunday- School, 

Chicago: Clayton F. Summy & Co. 
Jenks and Rust. Song Echoes. Boston: Oliver Ditson ft Oa 
Jenks and Walker. Songs and Games for the Little Ones, 

Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co. 
Knowlton, Nature Songs for Children, Springfield, Mass. 

Milton Bradley ft Co. 
Niedlinger. Small Songs for Small Singers, New York: 

B skinner. 
Poulsson. Holiday Songs. Springfield, Mass: Milton Bradley 

ft 06. 
Wiggin, Kindergarten Chimes, Boston: Oliver Ditson & Co. 



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